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Jyrki Kovaleff
Jyrki is a Finnish masculine given name and may refer to: People *Jyrki 69 (born 1968), the lead vocalist for Finnish rock band ''The 69 Eyes'' * Jyrki Blom (born 1962), retired Finnish javelin thrower * Jyrki Hämäläinen (1942–2008), Finnish magazine editor *Jyrki Hakala (born 1960), Finnish sprint canoeist *Jyrki Heliskoski (1945–2020), Finnish football coach *Jyrki Järvi (born 1966), Finnish sailor and Olympic champion *Jyrki Järvilehto (born 1966), better known as "JJ Lehto", a Finnish race car driver * Jyrki Jokipakka (born 1991), Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman *Jyrki Kähkönen (born 1967), retired Finnish athlete (110 metres hurdles) *Jyrki Kasvi (born 1964), Finnish politician *Jyrki Katainen (born 1971), the Prime Minister of Finland, chairman of the country's National Coalition Party * Jyrki Kiiskinen (born 1963), Finnish writer, recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1993 * Jyrki Louhi, Finnish professional ice hockey forward *Jyrki Lumme (born 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki 69
Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi (born 15 October 1968), known professionally as Jyrki 69, is a Finnish singer who is the lead vocalist of the gothic Rock music, rock band The 69 Eyes. In their early years, the band's sound was closer to glam metal, but since the album ''Blessed Be'' they have shifted into gothic rock. The 69 Eyes prefer to label their sound as "goth'n'roll". Jyrki's low and operatic bass-baritone vocal tone is reminiscent of fellow musicians Peter Steele of the gothic metal band Type O Negative and Andrew Eldritch of the gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy (he covered their 1987 hit "This Corrosion" with Maryslim in 2007). His voice has been influenced by Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Glenn Danzig. He has written most of the lyrics of their songs. Music career In 1996, Jyrki joined forces with Claude, the lead singer of the legendary Finnish rock band Smack (Finnish band), Smack to form a side project The Fellow Reptiles. They released a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Lumme
Jyrki Olavi Lumme (born July 16, 1966) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and SM-liiga. After beginning his career in Finland, playing with Ilves Tampere for three seasons, he moved to North America to join the Montreal Canadiens in 1988. The Canadiens had selected Lumme two years prior in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft 57th overall. In his second NHL season, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks, with whom he spent the majority of his career and enjoyed the most success. Over nine seasons with the Canucks, Lumme was named the club's annual top defenceman on four occasions, became the team's all-time top goal- and point-scoring defenceman, and was a part of the squad's run to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Towards the end of his NHL career, he additionally played for the Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs over the span of five seasons. In 2005, Lumme returned to Ilves Tampere of the SM-lii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki (TV Show)
''Jyrki'' (sometimes stylised as ''JYRK:.'') is a Finnish music television program that aired on the MTV3 channel from 1995 to 2001. It was an afternoon program about popular music for youths. The idea for the program came from the Canadian ''MuchMusic'' program by the CHUM network, whose material ''Jyrki'' borrowed and cooperated with to improve the concept. ''Jyrki'' was produced by Funny-Films Oy. Overview ''Jyrki'' began airing on 1 September 1995. It aired five days a week for one and a half hours and broadcast live from the Lasipalatsi in central Helsinki. When the Lasipalatsi was under renovation, the program was broadcast from . The program consisted mostly of music videos and artist interviews. The last episode of ''Jyrki'' was on 21 December 2001. There were a total of 2901 episodes and they showed approximately four thousand music videos. The first music video shown on ''Jyrki'' was Veikko Lavi's "Löysin rantein". In the final years from 2000 to 2001, the program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Yrttiaho
Jyrki Valto Yrttiaho (4 May 1952 – 17 February 2021) was a Finnish politician and member of the Finnish Parliament The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The P ..., representing the Left Alliance. He was born in Pelkosenniemi. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament in the 2007 election. References External linksParliament of Finland: Jyrki Yrttiaho 1952 births 2021 deaths People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Välivaara
Jyrki Välivaara (born May 30, 1976) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. In the past he played for JYP of the SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest .... He was on Finland's IIHF gold medal-winning team on 2011. Career statistics References External links * 1976 births 21st-century Finnish people Living people Finnish ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Jyväskylä JYP Jyväskylä players Linköping HC players Malmö Redhawks players Metallurg Novokuznetsk players Tappara players {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Seppä
Jyrki Seppä (born 14 November 1961 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. Playing career Pre-NHL career Jyrki Seppä started his active career in 1979 when he played for Tampere Ilves in SM-liiga. Seppä played two seasons for Ilves before he moved to Jokerit of Helsinki. Seppä played the 1981–82 season for Jokerit before he was contracted by Winnipeg Jets NHL career Jyrki Seppä was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in the third round, 43rd overall. He played one season in the NHL for Winnipeg in 1983–84 and two seasons in the American Hockey League for the Sherbrooke Jets. During that NHL season, he played in 13 games picking up two assists and six penalty minutes. After NHL After his short NHL visit, Seppä retired from active playing when he was 24 years of age. Seppä however returned and played again for Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Saranpää
Jyrki Saranpää (born 30 August 1983) is a Finnish football player who plays for FC Jukola. He is adept at playing as a striker, midfielder and defender. He has even played as a goalkeeper and saved a penalty (against Turun palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional association football, football club based in Turku, Finland. Since 2024, the men's team competes in Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier. Nicknamed "''Tepsi''", the club was founded i ...). ReferencesVeikkausliiga Hall of Fame External linksVeikkausliiga profileVaasan Palloseura profile Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Vaasan Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players 1983 births Living people Lapuan Virkiä players Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Seinäjoki {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Ponsiluoma
Jyrki Tapani Ponsiluoma (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish cross-country skier, born in Kurikka, Finland, who competed from 1989 to 1995. He finished eighth in the 30 km event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Career Ponsiluoma's best World Cup career finish was fifth in a 15 km event in the Soviet Union in 1989 which was also his best individual career finish. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Cup Season standings Team podiums *1 podium Personal life He lives in Östersund with his family. His son Martin Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * M ... is a biathlete representing Sweden at international level. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponsiluo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Pellinen
Jyrki Pellinen (born May 16, 1940, in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer, poet and visual artist. He has published over 50 fiction books, and was the 1988 recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize awarded to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Recipients *1956 Viljo Kajava *1957 Helvi Juvonen *1958 Rabb .... References External links * 1940 births Living people Writers from Helsinki Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize {{Finland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Parantainen
Jyrki Parantainen (born 1962) is a Finnish photographer. Who's Who 2015, p. 667 Life and work Parantainen was born in Tampere, Finland, and lives in Helsinki. He is part of The Helsinki School. Since autumn 2006, Parantainen has been working as a professor for photography at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, where he is responsible for the education of new people within The Helsinki School. Style Parantainen is influenced by the Russian film maker Andrei Tarkovsky, whose precise aesthetic is combined with what he himself called “the dirt of the world”. The effect of this influence in Parantainens pictures, are a combination of high aesthetics and gruesome reality. They are a mixture of social realism and socialist surrealism. He doesn’t picture reality but rather puts the manipulation of the photo in the foreground. His works are photographed photographs. He places metal wires, numbers and words upon the first print, to reveal some of the underlying themes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Otila
Jyrki Ilari Otila (2 September 1941, in Helsinki – 14 April 2003, in Tampere) was a Finland, Finnish quiz show judge and a member of the European Parliament. Otila graduated as an economist. He became popular as the judge of several quiz shows on television. Otila worked as assistant office chief for the Finnish national public broadcasting company Yle from 1965 to 1970, in the United Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 1970 to 1973, in Yle in 1974, in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland), Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a development aid expert in Tanzania from 1975 to 1977, and as a factory chief for the Orion Corporation (pharmaceutical company), Orion Corporation in Arusha, Tanzania, from 1977 to 1980. Otila wrote questions for Yle TV2's quiz show ''Thilia Thalia Tallallaa'' from 1982 until moving to work on quizzes for the new channel Kolmoskanava. He worked as assistant chairman of the board of Oy VipVision Finland Ltd. from 1995. ''Thilia Thalia Tallallaa'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyrki Niskanen
Jyrki Niskanen (born 12 February 1956) is an operatic tenor from Finland. Niskanen was born in Helsinki and started his musical career as an entertainment musician, playing piano, keyboard and accordion, accompanying many of the well-known Finnish artists of the 1970s-1980s. Niskanen studied piano at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and obtained diploma in improvisation and free accompaniment. He studied singing at the Sibelius Academy, in London with Vera Rózsa and in Vienna and Berlin with Peter Berne. Niskanen is known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a dramatic tone. His sonorous tenor excels in strong Wagner operas and Italian operas. Niskanen made his professional debut in ''Fidelio'' at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1992, and was invited to Zürich Opernhaus. Since then he has performed in most major tenor roles and in major international opera houses. He has given concert performances in Finland, Norway, Estonia, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
