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Marjatta Väänänen
Marjatta Väänänen (9 August 192316 October 2020) was a Finnish politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Centre Party from 1975 to 1991. She served as Minister of Culture, Minister of Education, and Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Personal life and death Väänänen was born on 9 August 1923 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Väänänen's father Urho Kittilä was a journalist, and she had younger siblings. Väänänen earned a degree in 1943, and a Master's degree in 1950 from the University of Helsinki. She was married to , who edited the newspaper '' Maaseudun Tulevaisuus'' (Finnish: ''The Future of the Countryside'') from 1968 to 1984. They had three children, and seven grandchildren. Väänänen died at the age of 97 on 16 October 2020 after a long illness. At the time of her death, she had been the oldest living former minister of Finnish Government. Career In the 1950s, Väänänen worked as a news reporter for the Swedish Agricultural Association. In the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Finnish Members Of Parliament
This is a list of MPs, Members of the Finnish Parliament. The list contains Parliamentary groups. An individual MP could be a member of more than one parliamentary group due to defection or break up of a political party. Agrarian League / Centre Party 1900s and 1910s * Santeri Alkio (1907–1908, 1909–1914, 1917–1922) ''(defected from Young Finnish Party group)'' * Kusti Arhama (1917–1930, 1933–1945) * Ilmari Auer (1929–1930) * Kustavi Elovaara (1919–1922) * Jalmari Haapanen (1917) * Santeri Haapanen (1917–1919) * Frans Hanhisalo (1919–1921) * Eero Hatva (1910–1914, 1917–1929) * John Hedberg (1908–1910, 1911–1917) * Juho Heikkinen (1907–1911, 1917–1922) * Pekka Heikkinen (1919–1922, 1924–1940) * Juho Heimonen (1908–1909) * Janne Ihamuotila (1924–1929) * Toivo Ikonen (1933–1939, 1942–1951) * Vilkku Joukahainen (1917–1924) * Antti Junes (1910–1914, 1919–1933, 1936–1945) * Antti Juutilainen (1917–1930) * Kalle Jä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valio
Valio Ltd () is a Finnish manufacturer of dairy products and one of the largest companies in Finland. Valio's products include cheese, powdered ingredients, butter, yogurt and milk. It is Finland's largest milk processor, producing 85% of the country's milk. Valio's net turnover in 2012 was 2 billion euros. Valio is the market leader in key dairy product categories in Finland and a pioneer as the developer of functional foods. Valio is owned by 18 dairy cooperatives which have about 7,900 milk farmers as members. Valio's product range currently consists of about 1,000 products. Valio is Finland’s biggest food exporter and sells products to nearly 60 countries. In 2015 Valio’s share of Finland’s dairy product exports was around 97%, and that of Finland’s food exports around 29%. Valio has 15 production facilities in Finland, two in Estonia and a plant for producing processed cheese and a logistics centre in Moscow, Russia. Valio subsidiaries operate in Russia, Sweden, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Government Ministers Of Finland
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, '' SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Throughout human history, traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scythe
A scythe (, rhyming with ''writhe'') is an agriculture, agricultural hand-tool for mowing grass or Harvest, harvesting Crop, crops. It was historically used to cut down or reaping, reap edible grain, grains before they underwent the process of threshing. Horse-drawn and then tractor machinery largely replaced the scythe, but it is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia. Reapers are bladed machines that automate the cutting action of the scythe, and sometimes include subsequent steps in preparing the grain or the straw or hay. The word "scythe" derives from Old English ''siðe''. In Middle English and later, it was usually spelled ''sithe'' or ''sythe''. However, in the 15th century some writers began to use the ''sc-'' spelling as they thought (wrongly) that the word was related to the Latin (meaning "to cut"). Nevertheless, the ''sithe'' spelling lingered, and notably appears in Noah Webster's dictionaries. A scythe consists of a shaft about long called a ''snaith'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suomen Kansallisbiografia
''Suomen kansallisbiografia'' () is a collection of more than 6,000 biographies A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curri ... of individuals and families who have made important contributions to the development of Finnish society.National Biography of Finland (in English). References External links Suomen kansallisbiografia {{in lang, fi [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta, with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right, non-social democratic government since 1964,Paavo Väyrynen (1993) ''It Is Time for the Truth 2: Facts and Memories About Mauno Koivisto's Finland'', WSOY with Esko Aho as Prime Minister. Results By electoral district By province Aftermath The new center-right coalition government would not have an easy time governing the country. The fall of the Soviet Union caused a collapse in trade with the east, which together with a worldwide recession, caused major economic problems including high unemployment and ballooning budget deficits. In response, the government adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, 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 Parliament consists of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years from 13 multi-member districts electing 6 to 37 members using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition, there is one member from Åland. Legislation may be initiated by either the Finnish Government, Government or one of the members of Parliament. The Parliament passes legislation, decides on the state budget, approves international treaties, and supervises the activities of the government. It may bring about the resignation of the Finnish Government, override presidential vetoes, and alter the constitution. To make changes to the constitution, amendments must be approved by two successive parliaments, with an election c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Benefit
Child benefit or children's allowance is a social security payment which is distributed to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and in some cases, young adult (psychology), young adults. Countries operate different versions of the benefit. In most child benefit is means-testing, means-tested and the amount paid is usually dependent on the number of children. Conditions for payment A number of conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America and Africa link payment to the receivers' actions, such as enrolling children into schools, and health check-ups and vaccinations. In the UK, in 2011 CentreForum proposed an additional child benefit dependent on parenting activities. Australia In Australia, the system of child benefit payments, once termed child endowment and currently called Social Security (Australia)#Family Tax benefit, Family Tax Benefit, is income tested and linked to the Income tax in Australia#Family Tax Benefit, Australian Income tax system. It can be clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirkkala Handout
Pirkkala (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Pirkkala has an area of of which is water. The population density is , which makes it the most densely populated municipality in Finland that does not use the title of town or city. Pirkkala is also currently the fastest-growing municipality in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in southwest Pirkkala. The most significant main road in Pirkkala is Tampere Ring Road. History Great Pirkkala The former parish of Suur-Pirkkala (Great Pirkkala) is mentioned in historical writings from the 14th century. It occupied over half of Pirkanmaa, a region nowadays po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingin Sanomat
, abbreviated ''HS'' and colloquially known as , is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of the Finnish capital, Helsinki, where it is published. It is considered a newspaper of record for Finland. History and profile The paper was founded in 1889 as '' Päivälehti'', when Finland was a Grand Duchy under the Tsar of Russia. Political censorship by the Russian authorities, prompted by the paper's strong advocacy of greater Finnish freedoms and even outright independence, forced Päivälehti to often temporarily suspend publication, and finally to close permanently in 1904. Its proprietors re-opened the paper under its current name in 1905. Founded as the organ of the Young Finnish Party, the paper has been politically independent and non-aligned since 1932. During the Cold War period was among the Finnish newspapers which were accused by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martti Simojoki
Martti Ilmari Simojoki, previously Simelius (17 September 1908 in Uusikaupunki – 25 April 1999 in Helsinki) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1964 and 1978. Simojoki became the first bishop of the Diocese of Helsinki that was established in 1959. Simojoki is known for his criticism of Hannu Salama's book ''Juhannustanssit'' in 1964, which led to author's conviction for blasphemy. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery (, ) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Luthe ... in Helsinki. Notes External linksBiografiakeskus: Martti SimojokiArchbishops of Turku: Martti Simojoki 1908 births 1999 deaths People from Uusikaupunki People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Lut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
