Seppälä is a
Finnish surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
and
toponym
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derived from the occupation of
blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...
("seppä").
People
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Arttu Seppälä (born 1987), football player
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Eino Seppälä (1896–1968), runner
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Henkka Seppälä
Henri Seppälä (born 7 June 1980), also known as Henkka T. Blacksmith, is the former bassist of the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom from 1996 to 2019. He is also responsible for backing vocals both in studio and live. In 202 ...
(born 1980), bass guitarist
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Hanna-Maria Seppälä
Hanna-Maria Hintsa (' Seppälä born 13 December 1984) is a retired Finnish freestyle swimmer, who won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the n ...
(born 1984), swimmer
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Ilpo Seppälä (born 1953), wrestler
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Jenae Seppälä
Jenae Zillgitt Seppälä (née Gibbens; born January 13, 1986) is an American Association football, soccer defender (soccer), defender who played for PK-35 Vantaa (women), PK-35 Vantaa in Finland's Naisten Liiga (renamed Kansallinen Liiga in 20 ...
(born 1986), American football player
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Leonhard Seppälä (1877–1967), Norwegian-American Sled dog musher
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Matti Seppälä (1941–2020), geomorphologist and geographer
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Pete Seppälä
Pete Seppälä (born 1 March 1978) is a Finland, Finnish singer who rose to popularity after placing third in ''Idols (Finland), Idols Finland 2'', the Finnish version of ''Pop Idol''. He was born in Espoo, Finland.
''Idols Finland 2'' performa ...
(born 1978), singer
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Tuomas Seppälä
Tuomas Seppälä is a Finns, Finnish guitarist, keyboardist, and composer, best known as a founding member and main composer of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn.
Biography
Seppälä started playing piano at the age of five, ...
, guitarist
Other
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Seppälä, a Finnish clothing store chain established in 1930. It declared bankruptcy on September 15, 2017
References
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Finnish-language surnames
Surnames of Finnish origin