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Tikkanen (other)
Tikkanen is a Finnish surname meaning "small woodpecker". Notable people with the surname include: * Aino-Maija Tikkanen (1927–2014), Finnish film actress * Esa Tikkanen (born 1965), retired Finnish professional ice hockey player * Märta Tikkanen (born 1935), Finnish writer * Päivi Tikkanen (born 1960), former long-distance runner from Finland * Toivo Tikkanen (1888–1947), Finnish architect * Hans Tikkanen (born 1985), Swedish chess Grandmaster * Harri Tikkanen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey defenceman * Henrik Tikkanen (1924–1984), Finnish anti-war author * Jouki Tikkanen (born 1995), Finnish rhythmic gymnast See also * Tikkanen (horse) Tikkanen (23 January 1991 – 18 April 2015) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who competed internationally. Background He was owned and bred by American George W. Strawbridge Jr., an avid ice hockey fan and a shareholder and Bo ... {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikka
Tikka may refer to: * Tikka (food), a type of South Asian food * Tikka (forehead mark), a mark made on the forehead by Hindu Indians * Tikka (name), list of people with the name * Tikka (brand), a brand of hunting rifles manufactured formerly by Finnish firearms manufacturer Tikkakoski ** Tikka, the brand then owned by SAKO * Tikka, a brand of headlamps by Petzl See also * Ticker (other) Ticker can mean: * Ticker tape, the paper strip output by a stock ticker machine * Ticker symbol, codes used to uniquely identify publicly traded companies on a stock market * News ticker, a small screen space on television news dedicated to ... {{disambiguation, surname Surnames of Finnish origin Finnish-language surnames Surnames of Hindustani origin Urdu-language surnames Pakistani names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders 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 to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikka (other)
Tikka may refer to: * Tikka (food), a type of South Asian food * Tikka (forehead mark), a mark made on the forehead by Hindu Indians * Tikka (name), list of people with the name * Tikka (brand), a brand of hunting rifles manufactured formerly by Finnish firearms manufacturer Tikkakoski ** Tikka, the brand then owned by SAKO * Tikka, a brand of headlamps by Petzl Petzl is a French manufacturer of climbing gear, caving gear, work-at-height equipment, and headlamps based in Crolles (near Grenoble), France. The company was created by the cave explorer Fernand Petzl in the mid-1970s. Their three speci ... See also * Ticker (other) {{disambiguation, surname Surnames of Finnish origin Finnish-language surnames Surnames of Hindustani origin Urdu-language surnames Pakistani names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Aino-Maija Tikkanen (2 November 1927 – 3 March 2014) was a Finnish film actress. She appeared in 15 films between 1954 and 2010 and had a long career at theatre. She died on 3 March 2014 at the age of 86. Selected filmography * ''Evakko'' (1956) * ''The Harvest Month'' (1956) * ''Äideistä parhain ''Mother of Mine'' (, ) is a 2005 Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö. The film is based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies. It received good reviews from the Finnish press, and was selected to be Finland's submission for the Academy Award fo ...'' (2005) References External links * 1927 births 2014 deaths Actors from Turku Finnish film actresses Recipients of the Order of the Lion of Finland {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Tikkanen
Esa Tikkanen (born January 25, 1965) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, and the Washington Capitals, and won the Stanley Cup five times in his career, including in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 with the Oilers, and 1994 with the Rangers. Background and early career Esa Tikkanen began his career in hockey as a little boy by being a mascot for Jokerit, a team based in Helsinki, but joined another local team HJK in juniors. After spending a year in Canada in 1981–82 with the Regina Blues of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League, Tikkanen returned to Finland and signed a contract with HIFK. Tikkanen was drafted in the fourth round (80th overall) by the Oilers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. In 1984–85, he played 36 games for HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga before joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Tikkanen
Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (; born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Biography Born in Helsinki, she has worked as a reporter for ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki, Master of Arts in 1958 and received a Master of Philosophy in 1961. Tikkanen was married to writer Henrik Tikkanen. A film based on her book '' Manrape'' (''Män kan inte våldtas'', "Men Can't Be Raped"), directed by Jörn Donner Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a cinema of Finland, Finnish writer, film director, actor, film producer, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. He produced Ingmar Bergman's film ''Fanny and Alexan ..., was released in 1978. Bibliography *nu imorron (1970) *Ingenmansland (1972) *Vem bryr sig om Doris Mihailov (1974) * Män kan inte våldtas (1975) *Århundradets kärlekssaga (1978) *Mörkret som ger glädjen djup (1981) *Sofias egen bok (1982) *Rödluvan (1986) *Storfå ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Päivi Tikkanen
Päivi Marja Sinikka Tikkanen (née Kunttu; born 19 January 1960 in Savitaipale) is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland, who won the 1989 edition of the Berlin Marathon. A two-time Olympian (1988 and 1992) she ended up in fourth place in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships. Tikkanen was Finnish champion in the same event for ten years in a row (1985–1994). She was coached by her husband Esa Tikkanen. Achievements Personal bests *800m 2:06.17 (Varkaus 23.7.1989) *1500m 4:08.46 (Tuusula 22.8.1989) *Mile 4:34.91 (Lohja 8.9.1985) *3000m 8:41.30 (Tokyo 26.8.1991) *5000m 15:15.76 (Lohja 27.8.1989) *10000m 31:45.02 (Helsinki 39.6.1992) *10 km road 33:27 (Jakarta 23.1.1993) *15 km road 52:56 (Adelaide 23.3.1986) *Half marathon 1:10:35 (Stockholm 3.9.1994) *Marathon 2:28:45 (Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon (, ) is a marathon event held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Tikkanen
Toivo Robert Tikkanen (15 April 1888 – 1 June 1947) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rome, Italy and died in Helsinki. 1908-1911 Tikkanen played icehockey in ''Akademischer Sport Club Dresden'' team in Germany. 1920 Antwerp In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the Finnish team in the team running deer, single shots event and the bronze medal in the team running deer, double shots competition. In the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ... he also participated in the following events: * 100 metre running deer, single shots - fifth place * Team 50 metre free pistol - eleventh place 1924 Paris Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Finnish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Tikkanen
Hans Christian Tikkanen (born 6 February 1985 in Karlstad) is a Swedish chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He is a five-time Swedish Chess Champion. Chess career He won the Swedish Junior Chess Championship in 2002. In 2010 he won the Lithuanian University of Agriculture Cup in Kaunas and tied for 3rd–6th with Sarunas Sulskis, Tiger Hillarp Persson and Kaido Kulaots at Borup, Køge Municipality, Borup. In 2012, he came second in the Group C of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, and shared first place with Slavko Cicak and Emanuel Berg at the Västerås Open. He played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships of 2005 (in team 3), 2011 and 2013 In the January 2012 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2549, making him Sweden's seventh highest ranked player. Tikkanen is co-author with Axel Smith (chess player), Axel Smith of the chess training book ''The Woodpecker Method'' (Quality Chess, 2018). Football career Tikkanen played besides his chess career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harri Tikkanen
Harri Tikkanen (born June 2, 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays professionally for Fehérvár AV19 in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). While playing in his native Finland for Lukko of the SM-liiga, Tikkanen won the Matti Keinonen trophy The Matti Keinonen Trophy () is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league compris ... as SM-liiga plus/minus leader in 2009–10 season. Career statistics References External links * 1981 births Living people Fehérvár AV19 players Finnish ice hockey defencemen HPK players KHL Medveščak Zagreb players KooKoo players Lukko players SaiPa players HC TPS players Ice hockey people from Lappeenranta 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Tikkanen
Georg Henrik Tikkanen (9 September 1924 in Helsinki – 19 May 1984 in Espoo) was a Finland-Swedish author, known primarily for anti-war literature. Several of his works are either autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. Though Finnish, he published primarily in his mother tongue, Swedish. He was born and lived much of his life in Helsinki, and died of leukemia in Espoo. He was married to the Finnish writer Märta Tikkanen. Biography He was the son of architect Toivo Robert Tikkanen and Kylliki Ingeborg Vitali, great-grandson of and grandson of . Tikkanen was married to Lia Tikkanen from 1949 to 1962 and to Märta Cavonius from 1963. Tikkanen had no formal artistic training. As a teenager he contributed illustrations to weekly magazines and children's books, and drew the series "Konrad" which was published in '. After graduating in 1943, he pursued liberal arts studies and received some guidance in graphic techniques from some active graphic artists. From 1947 to 1967, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
