Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.Rosenqvist competed at the 1920

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.Rosenqvist competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the light heavyweight class.[1]

A retired decathlete from Finland. He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus afte

A retired decathlete from Finland. He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan (in 1917).

Was a Swedish speaking Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy

Was a Swedish speaking Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.He is known for first noting the Westermarck effect in which infants raised together are unable to form sexual feelings for one another as adults, regardless of their genetic relationship.

Was a Finnish politician and a member of the Senate of Finland. Hjelt was also an educator and a che

Was a Finnish politician and a member of the Senate of Finland. Hjelt was also an educator and a chemist, working with Emil Fischer and Adolf von Baeyer, and earning a Ph.D. in 1880. His professional publications were in the fields of inorganic, organic,

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

A Finnish sculptor and contemporary artist who nowadays lives in Vaasa.Hevonkoski's occupation was a

A Finnish sculptor and contemporary artist who nowadays lives in Vaasa.Hevonkoski's occupation was a sheet-metal worker, in 1982 he was idle and decided to start making sculptures out of various scrap. His first work was sculptures of Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers. They have since been followed by over two hundred other sculptures of fictional characters as well as famous persons, such as president Tarja Halonen. His sculptures are on display at the art park Edvininpolku, a footpath near his home in the Veterans Village of Vaasa.

Was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán.Laine directed Aaltoska orkaniseeraa a comedy

Was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán.Laine directed Aaltoska orkaniseeraa a comedy in 1949.The Unknown Soldier, a film Laine directed in 1955 based on Väinö Linna's novel, was a big sensation in Finland. Laine also directed another film based on Väinö Linna's book, Under the North Star (1968), which also was a successful movie in Finland. 30 years later, in 1985, Rauni Mollberg directed a new version of The Unknown Soldier. It was based on Laine's film, but he used unknown actors and it was filmed in colour.

Was Prime Minister of Finland March 1943 to August 1944 , and one of the seven politicians sentenced

Was Prime Minister of Finland March 1943 to August 1944 , and one of the seven politicians sentenced to 5½ years in prison as allegedly responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union. Linkomies was a prominent fennoman academic, p

Is a Finnish Olympic medalist and double European Champion in pole vault, a former member of the Fin

Is a Finnish Olympic medalist and double European Champion in pole vault, a former member of the Finnish parliament and former business executive. He was born in Viiala, Finland.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Premiersh

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Premiership (Veikkausliiga).

Was the acting head of state of Finland from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1917.Setälä was a li

Was the acting head of state of Finland from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1917.Setälä was a linguist, professor of Finnish language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929. He was a major influence on the study of Finnish language, and the founder of the research institute Suomen suku ("The Family of the Finnish Language").His political activities led him to be elected several times to the parliament, for the Young Finnish Party and for the National Coalition Party. For a brief period at the end of World War I, he served as acting head of state, and he later held cabinet posts as minister of education (1925) and foreign minister (1926).

Was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League and most remembered as an advocate of Karjalan Lii

Was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League and most remembered as an advocate of Karjalan Liitto.Luukka was a member of the parliament from 1936 to 1966 and held ministerial post in eight cabinets between 1942 and 1962. He served as a deputy of Pri

Is a Finnish jazz bassist who is probably best known as a member of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz t

Is a Finnish jazz bassist who is probably best known as a member of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. He is also the bassist of Espoo Big Band, and actively teaches music in Espoo-based Pop/Jazz-school Ebeli. Has won three minor awards in Finland.

A Finnish interior designer, well known for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, notably h

A Finnish interior designer, well known for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, notably his plastic and fiberglass chairs. [1]Aarnio studied at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, and started his own office in 1962. The following year he introduced his Ball Chair, a hollow sphere on a stand, open on one side to allow a person to sit within. The similar Bubble Chair was clear and suspended from above. Other innovative designs included his floating Pastil Chair (similar to a solid inner tube),[2] and Tomato Chair (more stable with a seat between three spheres). His Screw Table, as the name suggests, had the appearance of a flat head screw driven into the ground. he was awarded the American Industrial Design award in 1968.[3]

A former Finnish skier and multiple Olympic Champion. With his seven medals from four Winter Olympic

A former Finnish skier and multiple Olympic Champion. With his seven medals from four Winter Olympics, he is one of the most successful skiers Finland has ever produced.His extraordinary success at the 1964 Winter Olympics earned him the nickname "Mister Seefeld", referring to the venue where the cross country skiing and biathlon competitions took place.The Finnish Ministry of Education endowed him with the Pro Urheilu letter of recognition in 2000. There is also a museum centered on Eero Mäntyranta in Pello.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres.He competed for Finland in the 1924 S

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres.He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal.

Was a Finnish chess player and engineer.was a Finnish chess player and engineer.A six-time Finnish c

Was a Finnish chess player and engineer.was a Finnish chess player and engineer.A six-time Finnish champion who represented his country six times in the Chess Olympiad, he was awarded the International Master title in 1950 and became an honorary Grandmaster in 1984. His only significant international tournament victory was a tie for first place with Gösta Stoltz in the 1947 Nordic Championship in Helsinki. Böök also wrote several chess books.

Is a Finnish politician and member of the parliament from the National Coalition Party. He was elect

Is a Finnish politician and member of the parliament from the National Coalition Party. He was elected to Parliament of Finland in 1999.

Is a Finnish businessman, the chairman of the city council of Kerava, and has been a member of the F

Is a Finnish businessman, the chairman of the city council of Kerava, and has been a member of the Finnish parliament since 2007. He is the founder of Taloustutkimus Oy and also the chairman of the company's board of directors as well as the chairman of t

Is a former Finnish cross country skier.He won a silver in the 50 km at the 1952 Winter Olympics in

Is a former Finnish cross country skier.He won a silver in the 50 km at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. In 1957, Kolehmainen won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival. That same year, he earned the Holmenkollen medal.

Was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tarmo and HPK.

Was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tarmo and HPK.

Is a Finnish jazz musician and saxophone player, who started his career in the mid-1960s. Koivistoin

Is a Finnish jazz musician and saxophone player, who started his career in the mid-1960s. Koivistoinen has worked as a musician, composer, arranger, conductor, producer and educator. He first heard jazz from the records his sailor brother had brought in from his travels. As a youngster Koivistoinen studied classical violin, saxophone and also composition at the Sibelius Academy, and later jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. His first line-up featured the drummer Edward Vesala and bassist Pekka Sarmanto. Koivistoinen was also a member of the seminal Finnish rock band Blues Section in the years 1967 and 1968

Is a Finnish football midfielder currently playing for FC Lahti in the Finnish Premier Division.He's

Is a Finnish football midfielder currently playing for FC Lahti in the Finnish Premier Division.He's often been called "the next Jari Litmanen" by Finnish football experts due to his phenomenal technique, but hasn't yet quite lived up to his expectations.

Is the former Chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. In June 2008, he was replaced by Jutt

Is the former Chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. In June 2008, he was replaced by Jutta Urpilainen.Heinäluoma held various posts in the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) from 1983 to 2003. He was a director in SAK from 2000