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Osmo
Osmo is a Finnish male given name. It appears in Kalevala, where it means "a young man". The name has been in use since the 1880s. The name day for Osmo in Finland is 11 May. People with the name Osmo *Osmo Kontula (born 1951), Finnish sociologist *Osmo Lindeman (1929–1987), Finnish composer *Osmo Pekonen (1960–2022), Finnish mathematician *Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964), Finnish composer * Osmo Soininvaara (born 1951), politician, previous member of the Finnish government *Osmo Vänskä Osmo Antero Vänskä (born 28 February 1953) is a Finnish conductor, clarinetist, and composer. Biography Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinetist with the Turku Philharmonic (1971–76). He then became the principal clar ... (born 1953), Finnish conductor * Osmo Valtonen (1929–2002), Finnish artist References Finnish masculine given names Masculine given names {{Finland-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Pekonen
Osmo Pekonen (2 April 1960 – 12 October 2022) was a Finnish mathematician, historian of science, and author. He was a docent of mathematics at the University of Helsinki and at the University of Jyväskylä, a docent of history of science at the University of Oulu, and a docent of history of civilization at the University of Lapland. He was the Book Reviews section editor of The Mathematical Intelligencer. Personal life and death Pekonen died suddenly in his sleep on 12 October 2022, at the age of 62, in Uzès, France during a bicycle tour. Honours and distinctions Osmo Pekonen was a corresponding member of four French academies; these are: Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Caen (founded in 1652), Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon et de Franche-Comté (founded in 1752), Académie d'Orléans (founded in 1809) and Académie européenne des sciences, des arts et des lettres (founded in 1979). In 2012, he was awarded the Prix Chaix d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Vänskä
Osmo Antero Vänskä (born 28 February 1953) is a Finnish conductor, clarinetist, and composer. Biography Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinetist with the Turku Philharmonic (1971–76). He then became the principal clarinet of the Helsinki Philharmonic from 1977 to 1982. During this time, he started to study conducting with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy, where his classmates included Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. In 1982, he won the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. Vänskä became principal guest conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in 1985, and chief conductor in 1988. He concluded his tenure with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in 2008 and is now the orchestra's Conductor Laureate. His complete set of Sibelius symphonies with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, also on the BIS label, has garnered widespread acclaim. He has recorded extensively with the Lahti orchestra for the BIS label, including music by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Tapio Räihälä
Osmo Tapio Räihälä (; born 15 January 1964) is a Finnish composer of contemporary music. He has written chamber music, vocal music, vocal and electronic music, as well as several concertos and a few works for symphony orchestra. Life and career Räihälä was born in Suomussalmi. He has studied under Harri Vuori. He began as a rock musician, only turning into art music in his late teens. His best-known work is the 2005 orchestral portrait ''Barlinnie Nine'', a tribute to the scottish people, Scottish association football, football player Duncan Ferguson, then of Everton F.C., Everton, whom Räihälä is known to be a supporter of. In 2004, another orchestral tribute, this time to the Islay single malt whisky Ardbeg distillery, Ardbeg, was chosen as one of recommended works in the international Uuno Klami competition. The French horn concerto received the same accolade in 2014. Apart from the Nordic countries, Räihälä's music has been performed in the United States, United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Kontula
Osmo Johannes Kontula (born 27 June 1951) is a Finland, Finnish sociologist and sexologist currently employed as a research professor at the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto). He is also honorary associate professor at the Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney, Australia. Kontula is specialised in sex research and sexual science and has authored some 300 publications, of which more than 50 are books authored or edited by him. His research topics have included national and international trends in sexual values and patterns and sexual life styles, sexual relationships, sexual initiation, teenage sexual health, and sex education.''Who is Who in Finland.'' Otava, Helsinki 2007. References External linksWebsite of Osmo Kontula {{DEFAULTSORT:Kontula, Osmo Finnish health professionals Sexologists Finnish sociologists Living people 1951 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Soininvaara
Osmo Heikki Kristian Soininvaara (born 2 September 1951 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and writer, former party leader and cabinet member. Personal life Soininvaara has a licentiate degree in statistics. Before his political career he worked as a statistician. Soininvaara is married to Anna-Maria Soininvaara and they have three children: Ohto (born 1990), Ilppo (born 1991), and Helmi (born 1997). Political life Soininvaara was elected in Helsinki city council in 1985 and has served in various positions of trust in the city administration since then. He was elected in Eduskunta in 1987 and again in 1995 and was a member of parliament until 2007, when he chose not to stand for re-election. After a break he was elected to the parliament again in 2011, serving until 2015. He served as Minister of Social Services in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 14 April 2000 and 19 April 2002. He was the leader of the Finnish Green League party from 2001 to 2005. Basic i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Valtonen
Osmo Kalervo Valtonen (30 January 1929 – 3 May 2002) was an artist from Finland. He was a pioneer of kinetic art in Finland. His most popular works were machines which drew shapes in sand. Valtonen was one of the founders of Dimensio group in 1972, and chair of the group 1976–1979. The group consisted of artists, engineers, composers and scientists. They developed and exhibited "engineering esthetics". Many of Valtonen's works are based on simple geometric forms. His machines move slowly creating shapes and pictures in sand, reminding of Japanese rock garden The or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and u ...s or the plough marks on farm fields. Valtonen received the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal in 1998. References External links Pikku ElliSand drawer. Finnish Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Lindeman
Osmo Uolevi Lindeman (16 May 1929 – 15 February 1987) was a Finnish composer and music pedagogue. Lindeman worked as a jazz and dance musician, with piano being his instrument. He became known as a pioneer of Finnish electronic music. Lindeman also composed music for several films, such as Matti Kassila's '' Punainen viiva'' (1961) for which he received a Jussi Award. Another Kassila film, ''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'', brought him his second Jussi Award in 1961.Pajukallio, Arto: Lapsikin ymmärtää Palmua. Helsingin Sanomat 1.11.2011, p. D 5. Selected filmography *''Punainen viiva'' (1959) *''Komisario Palmun erehdys'' (1960) *'' Tulipunainen kyyhkynen'' (1961) *''Rakas...'' (1961) *'' Kultainen vasikka'' (1961) *''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'' (1961) *''Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu ''The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu'' (Finnish: ''Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu'') is a 1962 Finnish comedy film, comedy-crime film directed by Matti Kassila. It is the third film i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Language
Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish language, Swedish. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. Kven language, Kven, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is spoken in the Norway, Norwegian counties of Troms and Finnmark by a minority of Finnish descent. Finnish is morphological typology, typologically agglutinative language, agglutinative and uses almost exclusively Suffix, suffixal affixation. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, Numeral (linguistics), numerals and verbs are inflection, inflected depending on their role in the Sentence (linguistics), sentence. Sentences are normally formed with subject–verb–object word order, alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
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, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' () is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling a story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the mythical wealth-making machine Sampo. The ''Kalevala'' is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland, and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature along with J. L. Runeberg's ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' and Aleksis Kivi's '' The Seven Brothers''. The ''Kalevala'' was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity and the intensification of Finland's language strife that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. The work is known internationally and has partly influenced, for exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Name Day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a List of biblical names, biblical character or other saint. Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year. The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholic Church, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate. In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions. History The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander I of Russia, Tsar Alexander I. The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest university in Finland with a range of disciplines available. In 2022, around 31,000 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes. As of 1 August 2005, the university complies with the harmonized structure of the Europe-wide Bologna Process and offers bachelor, master, licenciate, and Doctorate, doctoral degrees. Admission to degree programmes is usually determined by entrance examinations, in the case of bachelor's degrees, and by prior degree results, in the case of master and postgraduate degrees. The university is bilingual, with teaching by law provided both in Finnish and Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
