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Marja (name)
Marja is a female given name, a Finland, Finnish, Sami people, Sámi and Netherlands, Dutch form of Mary (given name), Mary. It also means "berry" in Finnish. In Finnish the normal form of Mary is Maria (given name), Maria; the pronunciations of Maria ['maria] and Marja ['marja] are identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: [mari̯a]. As of December 2012, 53,000 people are registered with this name in Finland. In Finland, the nameday for Marja is the 15th of August. Notable people Some notable people with the name Marja are: *Marja van Bijsterveldt (born 1961), Dutch politician *Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer *Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (born 1955), Finnish cross country skier *Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress *Marja Lahti (1901–1967), Finnish politician *Marja Lehto (born 1959), Finnish diplomat *Marja Lehtonen (born 1968), Finnish bodybuilder *Marja Lubeck (born 1965), Dutch-born New Zealand politician *Marja Meri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Merisalo
Marja Merisalo (born on 3 April 1965 Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish choreographer, dancer, director and cultural coordinator. She has the Master of Arts degree in Dance from the Helsinki Theatre Academy (Teatterikorkeakoulu) She represents contemporary art dance where she has developed her own styles. Marja Merisalo has worked as a choreographer, dancer, actor, producer as well as a director of theatre and dance projects. She has worked in numerous productions and theatres since 1982, including Q-teatteri in Helsinki, Helsinki City Theatre, the Student's Theatre of Helsinki (Ylioppilasteatteri) and the Finnish National Theatre. Merisalo worked in the city of Pori as the Regional Artist under the Ministry of Education and Culture during the years 2009–2011. Her main work was coordinating numerous cultural activities in the municipality of Satakunta in western Finland. Later on, she also made project-planning for an artist's network called ArtPeople in Helsinki during her work as cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjo (name)
Marjo is a popular female given name in Finland, originated as a variant of the name Marja. Its name day is celebrated on 19 August. As of 2012, more than 12,400 people in Finland have this name. It was most popular in the second half of the 20th century. Notable people * Marjo van der Knaap (born 1958), Dutch neurologist * Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (born 1965), Finnish politician and former cross-country skier * Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä (born 1977), Finnish stage and independent film actress and director * Marjo Voutilainen (born 1981), Finnish hockey player * Marjo Yli-Kiikka (born 1978), Finnish sports shooter * Marjo Hippi (born 1978), Finnish curler from Helsinki * Marjo van der Mark, Dutch water polo player See also * Marja (name) * Marjoe * Marjoe Gortner Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is a former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Wokke
Marja Wokke (born 21 March 1957 in Bergen, North Holland) is a former marathon runner from the Netherlands, most active in the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Wokke won the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on 23 May 1981, clocking in at 2:43:23. In 1980 she was ranked fifth in the world with her best ever performance (2:32:28), which she ran in Eugene, Oregon. Wokke won the City-Pier-City Loop The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual half marathon competition held in the Hague, Netherlands, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended ... half marathon in the Hague in 1980, when the race had women category for the first time. At this occasion she set a new world record time of 1:13:59. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wokke, Marja 1957 births Living people Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female marathon runners People from B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Vis
Maria Margaretha Antje "Marja" Vis (born 15 January 1977) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1996 and 2010. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ... competition and finished in 13th place. Results Personal bests: *500 m – 39.86 (2002) * 1000 m – 1:17.54 (2007) * 1500 m – 1:55.99 (2007) * 3000 m – 4:04.49 (2007) * 5000 m – 7:02.51 (2007) References 1977 births Living people Dutch female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hoorn 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Tiura
Marja Johanna Tiura (born 20 August 1969 in Kylmäkoski, Finland) is a Finnish former Member of Parliament representing the National Coalition Party. She was first elected to parliament for the Pirkanmaa region in the 1999 general election, and retained her seat in the 2003 and 2007 elections. She lost her seat in the 2011 general election. She has also served as a locally elected politician on the Tampere Municipal Authority from 2000 to 2008. She was local party secretary from 1996 to 1999. Tiura has made headlines in Finland in 2009 and 2010 for coming under parliamentary and police investigation for allegedly taking bribes from significant business enterprises led by Kyösti Kakkonen of the KMS Group and Arto Merisalo of the Nova Group. The accusation is that she received this money so that she would become an undeclared lobbyist for their own business concerns. In the end the accusations did not lead to charges. Education Tiura graduated from New Braunfels High School, New B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Van Der Tas
M. A. J. "Marja" van der Tas (born 14 June 1958 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch politician and (former) management consultant. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl). From 1 February 2011 to 31 August 2016, she was mayor of Steenwijkerland. From 1998 to 2006, she was an alderman of Apeldoorn. Van der Tas studied domestic science at Wageningen University and sociology of the Western world and Dutch law at Utrecht University. She worked in the field of public and senior housing and as an independent advisor for government and nonprofit organizations. January 2024 she is the Mayor of Bronckhorst. Marja van der Tas is married and has three children. She is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands The Protestant Church in the Netherlands ( nl, de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Calvinist and Lutheran. It was founded on 1 May 2004 as the merger of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja-Liisa Portin
Marja Liisa Autti (née Portin; born January 5, 1966) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skövde, together with Ulla Mänttäri, Annika Viilo and Eija Koskivaara. Marja Liisa Portin participated in three WOC events. In WOC Bendigo, Australia 1985 she placed 22nd in Individual event and a sixth place in relay event with Riitta Karjalainen, Ulla Mänttäri and Annariitta Kottonen. In WOC Sweden 1989 she placed 13th in the individual event. In Karlovy Vary 1991 she took 8th place in short distance, 11th in Classic Distance and 5th place in relay event together with Mari Lukkarinen, Kirsi Tiira and Eija Koskivaara. Marja Liisa also has a long history in Nordic Orienteering Championships (NOM). She debuted in 1984 in Balsfjord, Norway, where she placed 5th in damer junior class and received a bronze medal in damer junior relay event together with Annika Heino, Ulla Mäntt� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Pärssinen
Marja Pärssinen (born 13 March 1971 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Finland. Nicknamed ''Marde'' Pärssinen competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's 4×100 m medley relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Mia Hagman Mia Hagman (born August 18, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. Hagman competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's ..., Minna Salmela, and Anu Koivisto. External links * 1971 births Living people Finnish female butterfly swimmers Finnish female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Finland Sportspeople from Jyväskylä 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja-Helena Pälvilä
Marja-Helena Pälvilä (born 4 March 1970) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and 2000s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Pälvilä also represented Finland in the women’s ice hockey tournaments at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics, and won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1997 and 2000, and at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championships The 1996 IIHF European Women Championships were the sixth and final holding of the IIHF European Women Championships. The tournaments were held in March 1996, with Pool A playing in Yaroslavl, Russia during 23–29 March and Pool B playing in Trn .... References External links * * 1970 births Living people Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja-Liisa Olthuis
Marja-Liisa Olthuis (née Mujo; born August 9, 1967, in Partakko, Inari, Finland) is an Inari Sámi linguist, academic, translator, and writer, who currently lives in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and children. She received the Israel Ruong Scholarship from the Sámi Institute in 1999. On April 14, 2007, she became the first Inari Sámi to successfully defend a doctoral thesis about the Inari Sámi language in Inari Sámi. On 21 February 2020 she was awarded the Linguapax Prize The International Linguapax Award is awarded annually on International Mother Language Day International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversit .... References Bibliography * Olthuis, Marja-Liisa. ''Evangelium Matteus mield'' (1995) * Olthuis, Marja-Liisa. ''Kielâoppâ'' (2000) * Olthuis, Marja-Liisa. ''Kaksitavuiset pohjoissaamen -mi- ja inarinsaamen -mi/-me -nomiinit ja niiden alkuperä' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja Mikkonen
Marja Viitahuhta (née Mikkonen) (born 1979) is a Finnish artist and filmmaker. accessed 2010-08-17 Her short films have been presented at major international festivals around the world and have won various prizes, including 2nd prize at the 2004 . Mikkonen lives and works in Helsinki
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