Finnish Famous Girl Names with Letter V

Is a Bulgarian-Finnish model and actress.On the heels of her discovery, Jordanova appeared on severa

Is a Bulgarian-Finnish model and actress.On the heels of her discovery, Jordanova appeared on several Finnish magazine covers, which led to more work outside Finland. International campaigns Jordanova appeared in include Felina Lingerie, Bacardi Lime, and Clarins, shot by photographer Gilles Bensimon. Jordanova was featured in the 2006 Maxim calendar and has appeared in FHM and the Czech Republic's June 2007 edition of Esquire.

Is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to wo

Is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to work as a sport news hostess for television channel Nelonen. Today she is the hostess for entertainment news on MTV3 television channel.In 2004 Avellan was a candidate in European Parliament elections for the centre right National Coalition Party.

Was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement.Miina Sillanpää was

Was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement.Miina Sillanpää was born during the famine years to peasants Juho and Leena (née Roth) Riktig, who had a total of nine children. She started her work career at the age of 12 at the Forssa cotton factory, and later in the Jokioinen nail factory. At the age of 18 she moved to Porvoo to work as a maid and changed her name from Vilhelmiina Riktig to Miina Sillanpää. From 1900 to 1915 she worked as caretaker of the Helsinki Household Workers' Association's Servants' Home and Employment Agency. Sillanpää worked as inspector of eateries and cafés of Osuusliike Elanto from 1916 to 1932 and as secretary of the Social Democratic Party Working Women's Association from 1932 to 1936.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Aino Kaisa Saarinen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games. Four years later in Vancouver, Kuitunen won another bronze, this time in the 4 x 5 km relay.

A Finnish textile designer. She joined the Marimekko company in 1953 and designed patterns for many

A Finnish textile designer. She joined the Marimekko company in 1953 and designed patterns for many of their printed fabrics in the 1950s. Nurmesniemi left Marimekko in 1960 and founded her own company, Vuokko Oy, in 1964. This company closed its doors in 1988. In 1990 Nurmesniemi founded a second company, Vuokko Nurmesniemi Oy.