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Paloheimo
Paloheimo is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Eero Paloheimo (born 1936), Finnish artist and politician *H. G. Paloheimo, Hjalmar Gabriel Paloheimo (1864–1919), Finnish industrialist and founder of the H. G. Paloheimo Oy company *Laura Paloheimo (born 1971), Finnish author *Maila Paloheimo (1910–1989), Finnish teacher and author *Oiva Paloheimo (1910–1973), Finnish author and poet *Veli Paloheimo (born 1967), Finnish tennis player {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oiva Paloheimo
Oiva Aukusti Paloheimo (2 September 1910 – 13 June 1973) was a Finnish author who wrote novels, short stories, poems and aphorisms. His best-known work is the children's book ''Tirlittan'' from 1953. Life Oiva was born under the surname Pietilä until 1911, when it became Paloheimo. His parents were businessman Aukusti Pietilä (later Paloheimo) and 16-year-old merchant's daughter Katri Salonen. Paloheimo was separated from his mother immediately after birth, and because his father toured all over Finland in his business work, Oiva Paloheimo often had to live with his aunts as a child. After his father died of Spanish flu, when Oiva was eight years old, he moved to Kangasala as the foster child of his father's younger brother Heikki Pietilä.Matti Paloheimo: Tarinaa isästäni Oiva Paloheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eero Paloheimo
Eero Kalervo Paloheimo (born 14 June 1936, in Helsinki) is a Finnish designer, politician and university professor. Paloheimo was a Green Party representative in the Finnish Parliament from 1987 until 1995 and, during his final year in the Parliament, Chairman of the Committee of Long–Term Future Options. Paloheimo was also a professor for the Helsinki University of Technology from his resignation until the year 2000. Eero Paloheimo has been engaged in ecological living for many years and is the founder and owner of Eero Paloheimo Ecocity Ltd. He is currently involved in the development of a new Finnish traffic system. In 2015 Paloheimo and professor U.B. Lindström launched Unite The Armies -campaign, which aims to stop the deterioration of global environment and to set militaries a new mission to defend people against gradual disasters. Education Eero Paloheimo has both a Doctorate of Engineering from Technical University Munich and a Doctor of Philosophy from Helsinki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veli Paloheimo
Veli Paloheimo (born 13 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Finland. Career The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 1 October 1990, reaching World number 48. His best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam came at the 1990 Australian Open – Men's singles, 1990 Australian Open, where he made the fourth round. Paloheimo participated in 12 Finland Davis Cup team, Davis Cup ties for Finland from 1986–1992, posting an 11–11 record in singles and a 4–5 record in doubles. He decided to finish his sports career early in order to become a Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah's Witness. His father is Finnish and his mother is German. He was born in Finland. Challenger finals Singles (3-0) See also *Brother Firetribe *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paloheimo, Veli 1967 births Converts to Jehovah's Witnesses Finnish Jehovah's Witnesses Finnish male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrialist
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or services are widely consumed. Etymology and history The term ''magnate'' derives from the Latin word (plural of ), meaning 'great man' or 'great nobleman'. The term ''mogul'' is an English corruption of , Farsi, Persian or Arabic for 'Mongol'. It alludes to emperors of the Mughal Empire in Early modern India, Early Modern India, who possessed great power and storied riches capable of producing wonders of opulence, such as the Taj Mahal. The term ''tycoon'' derives from the Japanese language, Japanese word , which means 'great lord', used as a title for the . The word entered the English language in 1857 with the return of Matthew C. Perry, Commodore Perry to the United States. US President Abraham Lincoln was humorously referred to as ''th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Paloheimo
Laura may refer to: People and fictional characters * Laura (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the name * Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia, a town * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany United States * Laura, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Laura, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Laura, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Laura, Ohio, a village Elsewhere * Laura, Saskatchewan, Canada, a hamlet * Laura, Marshall Islands, a town * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Laura River (Romania) * 467 Laura, an asteroid Arts and entertainment Art * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maila Paloheimo
Maila is a town and municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ..., it had a population of 3095 people living in 590 individual households. References External linksUN map of the municipalities of Dolpa District Populated places in Humla District {{Humla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
