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Perälä (Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta)
Perälä is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Helge Perälä (1915–2010), Finnish long-distance runner * Juho Perälä (1887–1938), Finnish farmer and politician * Kirsi Perälä Kirsi Helen (née Perälä, born May 6, 1982, in Forssa) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 19th in the individual sprint event. Helen also finished 23rd in the ... (born 1982), Finnish cross-country skier {{DEFAULTSORT:Perala Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Name
In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to three given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case. On 1 January 2019, the reformed Act on Forenames and Surnames came into force. Finnish given names are often of Christian origin (e.g., ''Jukka'' from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. In Finnish, the letter "j" denotes the approximant , as in English ''you''. For example, the two different names ''Maria'' and ''Marja'' are pronounced nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Perälä
Helge Perälä (3 June 1915, Vehkalahti – 13 February 2010) was a Finnish long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ... who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. References 1915 births 2010 deaths People from Hamina People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juho Perälä
Juho Sylvester Perälä (24 August 1887 in Teuva – 20 January 1938 in Medvezhyegorsk; also known as ''Sylvester Perälä''; name as Soviet citizen ''Иван Иванович Перяля'') was a Finnish farmer and politician. Originally a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), he later joined the Socialist Workers' Party of Finland (SSTP), which was banned in 1923. In 1925 Perälä joined the still illegal Communist Party of Finland (SKP). He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1928 to 1930, representing the pro-communist but legal Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders (STPV), which was banned in 1930. In July 1930, Perälä was abducted by activists of the anti-communist Lapua Movement, which forced him to cross the border to the Soviet Union. In 1931 Perälä became a Soviet citizen. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was active as a party functionary in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
