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Leppävirta
Leppävirta () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Geography Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus. Villages * Sorsakoski * Häikiä * Häyry * Lylymäki * Niinimäki * Oravikoski * Reinikkala * Saahkarlahti Notable people * Jorma Hynninen, opera singer *, translator * Helena Kekkonen, peace activist * Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter * Pentti Pekkarinen, politician * Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist * Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player *, writer *, writer, journalist and military aviator *, artisan *, sportsperson * Gustaf Wrede, engineer, and business magnate International relations Leppävirta is twinned with: * Storfors in Sweden * Dovre in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Savonia
North Savo (or Northern Savonia; ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the region and Kallavesi, Lake Kallavesi is the largest lake in the region. The region's traditional food is a fish and bacon filling pie called ''Kalakukko''. Historical provinces ''For history, geography and culture see: Savo (historical province), Savo'' Municipalities The region of North Savo consists of 19 municipalities of Finland, municipalities, five of which have city status (marked in bold). Municipalities on the map Sub-regions Northeast Savo * Kaavi * Rautavaara * Tuusniemi Kuopio sub-region * Kuopio * Siilinjärvi Inner Savo * Rautalampi * Suonenjoki * Tervo * Vesanto Varkaus sub-region * Joroinen (''Jorois'') * Leppävirta * Varkaus Upper Savo * Iisalmi (''Idensalmi'') * Keitele * Kiuruvesi * Lapinlahti * Pielavesi * Sonkajärvi * Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joroinen, Juva, Kangasniemi, Leppävirta, Mikkeli, Rautalampi and Suonenjoki. Formation Pieksämäki was granted town privileges in 1962 and enlarged on 1 January 2007 with the consolidation of the Pieksämäki and Pieksänmaa municipalities. Transport Pieksämäki railway station is an important junction for the Finnish railway network, and Savo Railway Museum is located in the area. Education Diaconia University of Applied Sciences has one of its five campuses in Pieksämäki. Politics Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Pieksämäki: * Finns Party 21.5 * Social Democratic Party 21.0% * Centre Party 18.4% * National Coalition Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Kekkonen
Pulmu Helena Kekkonen née Nousiainen (1926–2014) was a Finnish peace activist and pioneer of peace education. A graduate in chemistry, while working as an educator at the central prison in Sörnäinen, she was inspired by the Brazilian Paulo Freire's 1968 work ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed''. As a result, she started to encourage the prisoners to choose the subjects of their courses and discuss issues of universal concern as well as their own problems. From 1974 to 1986, she served as secretary general of the free educational association Vapaan Sivistystyön Yhteisjärjestön and thereafter of the peace education institut Rauhankasvatusinstituutin (1986–1990). She is remembered in particular for arranging international peace education meetings each year in Finland. For her national and international efforts to foster peace initiatives among educators, Kekkonen was the first person to be awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education when it was initiated in 1981. Biography Born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varkaus
Varkaus, before 1929 known as Warkaus, is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between the city of Kuopio and the town of Savonlinna. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In old Finnish 'Varkaus' meant strait, and this city is located in the lake district on straits between two parts of Lake Saimaa. An extension of the Saimaa Canal passes through the town. History Varkaus was born in the late 19th century as an industrial community of the A. Ahlström paper mills. It was a part of the municipalities of Leppävirta and Joroinen until 1929 when Varkaus became a market town. During the Finnish Civil War in 1918 the town was taken over by the Reds, but because of its isolated location in rural Finland, it was soon taken by the Whites on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuusniemi
Tuusniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, east of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Juankoski, Kaavi, Kuopio, Leppävirta and Outokumpu. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Notable people * Olli Miettinen (1869–1946) – politician * Väinö Ikonen (1895–1954) – Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympian * Antti Rissanen (born 1931) – sport shooter and Olympian * Tuula Haatainen Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of ... (born 1960) – politician * Elisa Holopainen (born 2001) – ice hockey player and Olympic bronze medalist References External links Municipality of Tuusniemi– Official websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki (; literally means "vein's river") is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, southwest of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Suonenjoki is thought to have served as a milestone in the Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323. In the 16th and 17th centuries, more and more people began to settle in the area, and in the 18th century, a preacher room was established in Suonenjoki, then a chapel. In the current agglomeration, bridges over the river of Suonenjoki were built early, ''Kruunusilta'' (literally means "Crowns Bridge") already existed in 1780, and ''Siioninsilta'' (means "Zion Bridge") at the beginning of the river was replaced by a bridge in the 1830s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinävesi
Heinävesi (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savonia to North Karelia. The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi. Notable people * Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross The Mannerheim Cross (, ), officially Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty (, ) is the most distinguished Finnish military honour. A total of 191 people received the cross between 22 July 1941 and 7 May 1945, with six of the recipients receiv ... * Onni Happonen, politician and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Kuustonen
Ari-Mikko Kuustonen (born 4 March 1960) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and television personality. Kuustonen was born in Leppävirta Leppävirta () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population den .... In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.''UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors'' profile pageAvailable online/ref> The following year he was awarded the Church's Peace Prize (Kirkon rauhanpalkinto). In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn. Kuustonen has divorced twice. Kuustonen's daughters Iina Kuustonen and Minka Kuustonen are both actresses. Studio albums * Jää kuuntelemaan (1979) * Musta jalokivi (1991) * Abrakadabra (1992) * Aurora (1994) * Valon valtakunta (1994) * Siksak (1996) * Seepran varjo (1997) * Atlantis (2000) * Musta (2003) * Hie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorma Hynninen
Jorma Kalervo Hynninen (born 3 April 1941) is a Finnish baritone who performs regularly with the world's major opera companies. He has also worked in opera administration. Life and career Hynninen was born on 3 April 1941 in Leppävirta, Finland.Forbes, Elizabeth. Jorma Hynninen in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1997) p778. He studied from 1966 to 1970 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and also took lessons from Luigi Ricci in Rome and Kurt Overhoff in Salzburg. In 1969 he won first prize the Lappeenranta Solo Voice Competition and made his opera debut with the Finnish National Opera as Silvio in Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci''. Hynninen sang his first public concert in 1970 in Helsinki and was a permanent member of the Finnish National Opera, where he until 1990. In 1971 he took first prize in the Scandinavian Singing Competition in Helsinki and in 1996 won the Cannes Classical Award. On the opera stage, his notable roles have included Count Almaviva in Mozart's '' Le n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jully Ramsay
Julia "Jully" Ramsay ( Ekström; 1865–1919) was a Finnish historian and genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their Lineage (anthropology), lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family .... Career Ramsay is notable not only as the first woman genealogist in Finland, but also as a pioneer of Finnish genealogy in general. She is best remembered for her monumental four-part work, ''Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden'' ( 'Noble families in Finland before the Great Wrath'), published 1909—1916, and based on her extensive archive research over many years. She also published a personal history collection ''Skuggor vid vägen'' ( 'Shadows by the roadside') (1917) about 16th and 17th century events and people of Finland. Ramsay was the first woman to be bestowed an honorary membership of the Genealogical Society of Finl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reino Soijärvi
Reino Soijärvi (born October 30, 1975) is a Finnish former ice hockey forward. Soijärvi played in the Finnish lower leagues for Warkis, SaPKo and IPK before joining KooKoo of Mestis Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division ... in 2000. He would play the next six seasons with KooKoo, playing 277 games and scoring 91 goals and 79 assists before retiring in 2006. References External links * 1975 births Living people Finnish ice hockey forwards Iisalmen Peli-Karhut players KooKoo players People from Leppävirta SaPKo players Ice hockey people from North Savo {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varkaus Sub-region
Varkaus sub-region is a subdivision of Northern Savonia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 67.9% * Pekka Haavisto 7.6% * Laura Huhtasaari 6.6% * Paavo Väyrynen 6.5% * Matti Vanhanen 4.4% * Tuula Haatainen 3.8% * Merja Kyllönen 3.0% * Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ... 0.3% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of North Savo {{EasternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
