Seppo () is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins;
Seppo
Seppo () is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins; Seppo is a character in the '' Kalevala'', whose name is derived from the Finnish word ''seppä'', meaning smith, and the name is also a diminutive for Sebastian ...
is a character in the ''
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 ...
'', whose name is derived from the Finnish word ''seppä'', meaning
smith
Smith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England
** List of people ...
, and the name is also a diminutive for
Sebastian
Sebastian may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Sebastian (name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred in the 3rd century
* Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578 ...
in Finland.
It may refer to:
People
*
Seppo Evwaraye (born 1982), Finnish National Football League offensive guard
*
Seppo Kääriäinen
Seppo Arimo Kääriäinen (born 29 March 1948 in Iisalmen maalaiskunta) is a Finland, Finnish politician of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party and Doctor in Social Sciences. He served as the Minister of Defence (Finland), Minister of Defenc ...
(born 1948), Finnish politician
*
Seppo Kolehmainen
Seppo Kolehmainen (18 January 1933 – 23 February 2009) was a Finnish film actor.
Kolehmainen was born in Pielavesi, Finland. He appeared in Finnish films since late 1955. He appeared in the 1983 James Bond spoof ''Agent 000 and the Dea ...
(1933–2009), Finnish film actor
*
Seppo Lahtela (born 1947), Finnish farmer and politician
*
Seppo Lehto
Seppo Lehto (born 6 September 1962 in Kuru, Finland, Kuru) is a Finland, Finnish nationalist, currently living in Tampere. The main theme of his activism is the Karelian question in Finnish politics, return of Finnish territories ceded to the Sovi ...
(born 1962), Finnish political activist
*
Seppo Pääkkönen (born 1957), Finnish actor
*
Seppo Ruohonen
Seppo Ruohonen (25 April 1946 — 1 March 2020) was a Finnish operatic tenor and voice pedagogue.
Education
Ruohonen trained initially under Lea Piltti, and later continued in Vienna at the Vienna State Opera school and the ''Hochschule für ...
(1946-2020), Finnish opera singer
*
Seppo Räty (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower
*
Seppo Sairanen (born 1952), Finnish football manager and former goalkeeper
*Seppo Seluska, Swedish neo-Nazi and subject of the historical photo ''
A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag
''The Woman with the Handbag'' (; also , "The lady with the handbag") is a photograph taken in Växjö, Sweden on 13 April 1985 by photojournalist Hans Runesson. It depicts a 38-year-old woman, Danuta Danielsson, hitting a marching Neo-Nazi with ...
''
*
Seppo Simola (1936–2003), Finnish shotputter
*
Seppo Telenius
Seppo Sakari Telenius (born 16 February 1954, in Porvoo, Finland) is a Finnish writer and historian who lives in Harjavalta. He studied political history, sociology, social history, aesthetics and economic history at the University of Helsinki ( ...
(born 1954), Finnish writer
*
Seppo Harjanne (born 1948), Finnish WRC co-driver
*Seppō Gison, the Japanese surname of Chinese Zen Master
Xuefeng Yicun
Xuefeng Yicun (822–908; zh, s=雪峰义存, w=Hsüeh-feng I-ts'un; zh, p=Xuěfēng Yìcún; ) was a Chinese Chan-master who was influential during the Tang dynasty. The Yunmen school and Fayan school originated with descendants of his lin ...
(822-908)
Fictional or mythological characters
*
Seppo Ilmarinen, the smith in the Kalevala of Finnish mythology
* Seppo Taalasmaa, in the Finnish soap opera ''
Salatut elämät
''Salatut elämät'' ("Secret Lives", literally "Concealed Lives") is a Finnish television soap opera that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment b ...
''
See also
*
Sepo (disambiguation)
Sepo may refer to:
*Sepo County, a county in North Korea
**Sepo Chongnyon Station
*Sepo, Illinois, a town in the United States
*Sepo ceramics, Mississippian culture
*SEPO (State Enterprise Policy Office), Ministry of Finance Thailand
See also ...
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Finnish masculine given names
Masculine given names