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Viljo Kujala
Viljo is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name and may refer to: * Viljo Halme (1907–1981), Finnish footballer *Viljo Heino (1914–1998), Finnish track and field athlete and 1948 Olympic competitor *Viljo Kajava (1909–1998), Finnish poet and writer *Viljo Nousiainen (1944–1999), Swedish athletics coach *Viljo Revell (1910–1964), Finnish architect * Viljo Rosvall (1898–1929), Finnish-born Canadian unionist *Viljo Tuompo (1893–1957), Finnish military Major General and Lieutenant General *Viljo Vellonen (1920–1995), Finnish cross country skier *Viljo Vesterinen (1907–1961), Finnish accordionist and composer *Viljo Wirkkunen Viljo "Joe" Wirkkunen (June 27, 1928 – July 13, 1986) was a Finnish-Canadian ice hockey coach. Growing up in family of immigrants from Finland to Port Arthur, Ontario, he overcame polio as a child to become an instructor for the Finnish Ice H ... (1928–1986), Finnish-Canadian ice hockey coach References {{Given name Masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Kajava
Viljo Lennart Kajava (22 September 1909 – 2 February 1998) was a Finnish poet and writer. He was born in Tampere, and his first collections of poems were released in 1935. During his 50-year career he published nearly 40 books, most of them poems. Kavaja's ''Tampereen runot'' ("Poems of Tampere 1918") has become a symbol of the pacifistic point of view of the Finnish Civil War. He died in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ..., and is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery there. Kajava studied at the University of Helsinki. He started as a writer in the mid-1930s. His production was very social and left -wing. He was a central member of the member's writer association Kiila. The Winter War between 1939 and 1940 was a major transformation for Kajava, and he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masculine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Wirkkunen
Viljo "Joe" Wirkkunen (June 27, 1928 – July 13, 1986) was a Finnish-Canadian ice hockey coach. Growing up in family of immigrants from Finland to Port Arthur, Ontario, he overcame polio as a child to become an instructor for the Finnish Ice Hockey Association and head coach of the Finland men's national ice hockey team. He led the national team at four Ice Hockey World Championships and two Winter Olympic Games, established a training camp at Vierumäki, and wrote three instructional books for coaches and players. Returning to Canada, he served as the first coach of the Thunder Bay Twins, and contributed to local minor ice hockey. He was among the inaugural class of inductees into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985, and was posthumously inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Early life in Canada Viljo Wirkkunen was born on June 27, 1928, in Port Arthur, Ontario, into a Finnish-Canadian family. When infected by polio at age 12, he faced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Vesterinen
Viljo "Vili" Vesterinen (26 March 1907 – 18 May 1961) was a Finland, Finnish accordionist and composer. Vesterinen was born in Terijoki. He studied piano and cello at the Vyborg Music Institute, but as an accordionist he was self-taught. Vesterinen mainly played in different bands and theatres early in his career. Vesterinen made his first recordings in 1929. The most popular recording of Vesterinen is Säkkijärven polkka in 1939. Even though it is not Vesterinen's own song, his version of the song is the most popular among people. Other popular songs are ''Metsäkukkia'' (1931), ''Hilpeä hanuri'' (1936) and ''Valssi menneiltä ajoilta'' (1939). Vesterinen made a total of 130 recordings during his career. Heavy use of alcohol (drug), alcohol and cigarettes caused his health to deteriorate and affected his ability to play. Vesterinen also appeared in some films. The biopic ''Säkkijärven polkka'' (1955) is the story of Vesterinen's life. References External links List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Vellonen
Viljo Vellonen (March 24, 1920 – February 5, 1995) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid .... Vellonen also finished sixth in the 18 km event at those same championships. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). World Championships * 1 medal – (1 silver) References External links *Finnish Skiers - Olympic and World Championship Results Finnish male cross-country skiers 1920 births 1995 deaths FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-XC-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Tuompo
Viljo (Wiljo) Einar Tuompo (23 September 1893 – 27 February 1957) was a Finnish lieutenant general during World War II. He commanded the Finnish Border Guard from 1935 to 1939, and from 1940 to 1941. During the Winter War, he was commander of the North Finland Group. During the Continuation War, Tuompo was the Chief of the Command Staff at General Headquarters in Mikkeli. He retired in 1945 and moved to Sweden with his family. When Tuompo returned to Finland in 1948, the "Red ValPo" (pro-Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ... State Police of Finland) detained him upon arrival. Tuompo was imprisoned and interrogated for five days, and then released as no formal charges against him were able to be presented. References External links General.dk 1893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosvall And Voutilainen
Viljo Rosvall and Janne Voutilainen were two Finnish-Canadian unionists from Thunder Bay, Ontario and members of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada who mysteriously disappeared on November 18, 1929, and were later found dead. The two were on their way to a bushcamp near Onion Lake to line up bushworkers for a sympathy strike in conjunction with a large strike that was happening in Shabaqua and Shebandowan, west of Thunder Bay. Discovery of the bodies and funeral The bodies of Rosvall and Voutilainen were found by a union search party, which included Aate Pitkanen, at Onion Lake the following spring. The men's funeral on April 28, 1930 was the largest ever held in Thunder Bay. Adding to the legendary status of the event, a solar eclipse darkened the sky as the funeral procession marched to Riverside Cemetery. The funeral events were regarded as the symbolic beginning of the Great Depression for local residents. Cause of death The official cause of death was ruled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Revell
Viljo Gabriel Revell (25 January 1910 – 8 November 1964) was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. In Finland he is best known for the design of the Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel, both in Helsinki. Internationally, Revell is best known for designing the New City Hall of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Life and career Revell, originally spelt ''Rewell'', was born in Vaasa in 1910, and graduated from Vaasan Lyseo in 1928. He graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1937. He made his architectural breakthrough already the year he graduated when he, together with fellow students Heimo Riihimäki and Niilo Kokko, won the architectural competition for the design of the Lasipalatsi, which had originally been intended as a temporary building comprising shops, restaurant and cinema, but which became one of the landmarks of Finnish "white functionalist" architecture. His next major work was the so-called Teollisuuskeskus (Industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Nousiainen
Viljo Nousiainen (9 March 1944 – 11 June 1999) was a Finnish athletics coach. Career Nousiainen was born in Kiuruvesi. As an athletics coach, he specialized in training jumpers for Örgryte IS Sports Club in Gothenburg during the 1970s. He is best known as the coach and stepfather of Swedish world record high jumper Patrik Sjöberg. His other noted trainees were high jumpers Yannick Tregaro and Stefan Holm and triple jumper Christian Olsson. He died in Gothenburg, Sweden. Scandal In April 2011, Sjöberg and Tregaro revealed they had been sexually molested as children by Nousiainen. Sjöberg recounted Nousiainen's abuse in his biography ''Det du inte såg'' (''"What you didn't see"''). In 2009, Norwegian athlete Christian Skaar Thomassen, contacted his friend Sjöberg and told him that Nousiainen had also molested him when he was 11 years old. That conversation was the starting point for the book. See also *USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal The USA Gymnastics sex abuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Heino
Viljo ("Ville") Akseli Heino (1 March 1914 in Iitti – 15 September 1998 in Tampere) was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from 25 August 1944 to 11 June 1949 and again from 1 September 1949 to 22 October 1949. He was the male Finnish Sportspersonality of the year for 1949. Born in Iitti, he represented Finland in the 10,000 metres and marathon in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ... in London. He also won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo in 1949. References External links * 1914 births 1998 deaths People from Iitti Sportspeople from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) World record setters in athletics (track and field) Finnish male long-distance runners Athlet ... [...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] |
