Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Is a Finnish architect, and head of the Helsinki-based architecture firm A-Konsultit, founded in 196

Is a Finnish architect, and head of the Helsinki-based architecture firm A-Konsultit, founded in 1962 together with his wife Gunnel Adlercreutz. His reputation is based on having won over twenty national architecture competitions over the duration of his career. He is also a former employee of famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Nowadays he is also chairman of the Finnish Committee for the Restoration of Viipuri Library, one of Aalto's most famous works. Adlercreutz studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology (where he has also taught, 1966–1970) and University of California, Berkeley, USA, in 1968-69.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter and film director.[1] He was married to a

Was a Finnish cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter and film director.[1] He was married to actress Mirjami Kuosmanen.

A Finnish graphic designer.Bruun spent his childhood in village of Säiniö on the Carelian isthmus.

A Finnish graphic designer.Bruun spent his childhood in village of Säiniö on the Carelian isthmus. In the war years his family was forced to move to Helsinki, where he later enrolled in the Central School of Industrial Design. He graduated as a graphics designer in 1950.After graduation, Bruun worked for three years as an exhibition designer and advertisement artist. In 1953 he founded his own design studio, where he produced the most of his work.

Was a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, completing hi

Was a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, completing his studies in 1916. In 1920 he travelled to Italy, where he became inspired more by the local vernacular architecture than the classical or Baroque works. He worked in Helsinki for architects Sigurd Frosterus, Armas Lindgren and Valter Jung before starting his own office in Turku in 1923.

Was the Councilor of State of Sweden. He was a remarkable statesman and King Gustav Vasa's favourite

Was the Councilor of State of Sweden. He was a remarkable statesman and King Gustav Vasa's favourite.Fleming was a grandson of Björn Ragvaldsson's. Erik Fleming's son was Admiral Klaus Fleming.

Was the most famous researcher of meteorology in Finland. He worked together with Vilhelm Bjerknes w

Was the most famous researcher of meteorology in Finland. He worked together with Vilhelm Bjerknes with theory on cyclones and weather fronts and was intimately involved in explaining the dynamics of the jet stream in University of Chicago in so called Chicago school of meteorology (started by Carl-Gustaf Rossby). He was also respected for his analysis of data collected by radiosondes; his preprocessed and quality checked datasets were widely used by other researchers. Palmen was a multisided researcher who published articles in meteorology, geophysics and oceanography. The 1969 book by Palmen and Chester W. Newton, "Atmospheric Circulation Systems: Their Structure and Interpretation", is still used as lecture material in the universities around the world.

Is a retired football defender. During his club career, Holmgren played for HJK Helsinki, GAIS, Finn

Is a retired football defender. During his club career, Holmgren played for HJK Helsinki, GAIS, FinnPa, Pallokerho-35 and FC Jokerit. He made 60 appearances for the Finland national team, scoring 2 goals.

Is a professional Finnish ice hockey player.

Is a professional Finnish ice hockey player.

Was a Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then par

Was a Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden. He is remembered today for his taxonomic work on the fauna of Siberia and for his attempts to establish relations between Imperial Russia and Tokugawa Japan.

A Finnish industrial designer, interior designer, film-maker and sculptor. He attended high school a

A Finnish industrial designer, interior designer, film-maker and sculptor. He attended high school at the Åbo Cathedral School in Turku in 1982, and then went on to study design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, completing his studies in 1988.Lindfors first achieved public and critical attention with his lamp “Scaragoo”, first unveiled at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1988, and then manufactured by the company Ingo Maurer in Munich. He has also designed objects for the Finnish design manufacturers Arabia, Iittala, Marimekko and Martela. In additon to design, Lindfors has also made short films, TV programmes, commercials (including: Nokia, and DNA Oy) and pop videos (including HIM's ”Funeral of Hearts” - which received music magazine Kerrang!’s award for "Best Music Video 2004").

Was the first Finnish composer of classical music.He studied in Turku and then worked as a civil ser

Was the first Finnish composer of classical music.He studied in Turku and then worked as a civil servant in Oulu from 1784 to 1809 and thereafter in Turku. He played the violin and cello and was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1797. He died in Turku at the age of 53.

Was an influential composer of classical music from Finland.Bergman studied at the Sibelius academy

Was an influential composer of classical music from Finland.Bergman studied at the Sibelius academy in Helsinki and afterwards with Heinz Tiessen in Berlin and with Wladimir Vogel in Ascona. Since 1963 he has taught composition at the Sibelius academy, besides working until 1978 as a choir conductor. Bergman was considered as a pioneer of the modern music in Finland. Because of his training he was considered as a representative of the avant-garde; he developed for example the twelve-tone techniques of Arnold Schönberg learned from Vladimir Vogel. He composed song cycles, cantatas, a violin concerto, pieces for piano and for organ, a guitar suite, a chamber concert for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano and further chamber works. His “Requiem for a dead poet” (1970) and “Colori ed improvvisazioni” for orchestras (1973) gave him international recognition.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for Finland in the 19

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal.

Is a Finnish former international footballer who earned 84 caps at international level between 1983

Is a Finnish former international footballer who earned 84 caps at international level between 1983 and 1994. Petäjä, who played as a defender, played professionally in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland for TPS, Östers IF, Helsingborgs IF, Malmö FF, Yverdon

Was a Finnish nationalist leader.Born in St. Petersburg to a cantor, he attended the University of H

Was a Finnish nationalist leader.Born in St. Petersburg to a cantor, he attended the University of Helsinki before taking part in the ill-fated mission to secure independence for Karelia in 1921. Like most of those who took part in this event he joined th

Was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer, and one of the pioneers of the Finnish cinem

Was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer, and one of the pioneers of the Finnish cinema.Karu started his career as a member of a theater troupe in 1907.[2] He became interested in cinema during the 1910s and was reportedly interested in starting his own film company as early as 1915.[3] Karu dabbled in filmmaking, and directed, wrote, edited and produced the comedy short films Ylioppilas Pöllövaaran kihlaus and Sotagulashi Kaiun häiritty kesäloma for Suomen Biografi Oy, both of which were released in 1920.[4]

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion. He won a gold medal in the individual 19

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion. He won a gold medal in the individual 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus, and also a gold medal with the Finnish relay team.[1] He was also member of the Finnish team that won the relay at the 1962 European championships, while not part of the official program.

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

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

One of the most important characters in the history of Finnish electronic music. His mother was Marj

One of the most important characters in the history of Finnish electronic music. His mother was Marjatta Kurenniemi, the famous author of children's books. Erkki Kurenniemi founded an electronic music studio for the Department of Musicology at the University of Helsinki in the early 1960s. Alongside working on media art, happenings and short films of his own, Kurenniemi built several electronic instruments for himself and also for other people, such as M.A. Numminen, for whom he created first a "singing machine" with which Numminen participated in a singing contest in 1964, and in the late 1960s Sähkökvartetti ("The Electric Quartet"), which is heard on M.A. Numminen's track 'Kaukana väijyy ystäviä' (1968). An excerpt of Kurenniemi's own composition 'Dance of the Anthropoids' (1968) was heard on Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam's 1970 album Tombstone Valentine.

Was a Finnish ice hockey player.

Was a Finnish ice hockey player.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He wa

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Has been Governor of the Bank of Finland since 12 July 2004. He is also Member of the Governing Coun

Has been Governor of the Bank of Finland since 12 July 2004. He is also Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (2004– ) and Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Finland (2004– ). Earlier in his career he was the first Finn

Was an Olympic bronze medal winning boxer from Finland.

Was an Olympic bronze medal winning boxer from Finland.