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Satu is a female given name in
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
, meaning ''
fairytale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cul ...
''. Its
nameday In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...
is celebrated on 18 October. As of 2012, more than 26500 people in Finland had this name. The name peaked in popularity in the 1960s and the 1970s.


Notable people

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Satu Hassi Satu Maijastiina Hassi (born 3 June 1951) is a Finnish politician, and former Member of the European Parliament for the Green League. She served as the Minister of Environment and Development Co-Operation in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet bet ...
, a Finnish politician *
Satu Huotari Satu Huotari (born 13 March 1967) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She competed with the Finnish national team from 1991 through 1999 and won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics; bronze medal ...
, a Finnish ice hockey player *
Satu Levelä Satu Levelä (born 8 October 1967) is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with ...
, a Finnish long-distance runner * Satu Mäkelä-Nummela, a Finnish sports shooter *
Satu Paavola Satu Paavola (born 17 August 1970) is a Finnish actress. She has also maintained a puppetry. Paavola graduated with a master's degree in theater arts in 1999 and a theater expression director in 2007. Filmography * '' Restless'' (2000) as wo ...
, a Finnish actress *
Satu Pauri Satu Marianne Pauri (née Ruotsalainen; born 21 October 1966 in Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous ...
, a Finnish former heptathlete * Satu Salonen, a Finnish former cross country skier *
Satu Vänskä Satu Vänskä (born 1979) is a Finnish Australian violinist. Early life Vänskä was born to a Finnish family in the Kinki region of Japan, where she took her first violin lessons at the age of three. Her family moved back to Finland in 1989 and ...
, a Finnish violinist


References

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