Famous People with Name Pirkko

Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner: is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns. She was elected to Finnish Parliament in 2007.

Pirkko Saisio            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Pirkko Saisio: is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also written under the pen name Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet. Saisio received her degree in acting from Suomen teatterikoulu (now Theatre Academy) in 1975 and worked there as a professor of dramaturgy in 1997 and 2001.

Pirkko "Piitu" Uski            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Pirkko "Piitu" Uski: is a Finnish actress. She is famous for the half-hour soap opera Salatut Elämät, where she plays Laura Kiviranta, a busy woman lawyer.[1] She plays many different roles in theatre.Piitu has written a couple of cookbooks, for example Salatut (keittiö) elämät (Secret (kitchen) lives) with Susanna Laaksonen, a Finnish scriptwriter.

Pirkko Määttä            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Pirkko Määttä: is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1995. She won two 4 x 5 km relay bronze medals (1984, 1988) at the Winter Olympics.Määttä won a complete set of medals at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 5 km , a silver in the 10 km classical, and a bronze in the 15 km. She earned her only individual victory at a 1992 event in Norway.