Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 600 m ev

Was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 600 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm.

Is a Finnish footballer goalkeeper, currently playing for Halmstads BK.Bahne started his career in F

Is a Finnish footballer goalkeeper, currently playing for Halmstads BK.Bahne started his career in FC Inter Turku and at the age 20 he became the number one goalkeeper of the team. In 2007 he signed with Halmstads BK in the Swedish Allsvenskan. He has bee

Was a Finnish painter.Enckell was the youngest of six sons in a vicar's family, in a small provincia

Was a Finnish painter.Enckell was the youngest of six sons in a vicar's family, in a small provincial town in eastern Finland. He studied painting in Helsinki, then later in Paris at the Académie Julian. There he became a member of the Symbolist movement.Enckell was homosexual as this was reflected in his erotic paintings showing some quite uninhibited portraits given the time period.[1]In 1907, Enckell was assigned to paint the altarpiece for the new cathedral in the city of Tampere. In the middle of the painting, which portrays the Resurrection, two men walk hand in hand - a detail that has often been ignored.

Is a Finnish composer.Lindberg was born in Helsinki. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki

Is a Finnish composer.Lindberg was born in Helsinki. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, beginning with piano.

Is a well-known Finnish photographic artist who is part of The Helsinki School. He lives and works i

Is a well-known Finnish photographic artist who is part of The Helsinki School. He lives and works in Helsinki. He helped create the Bonk Business with another Finnish artist and sculptor Alvar Gullichsen.[1][2]

Was a Finnish designer of printed textiles.After studying painting at the Helsinki Central School of

Was a Finnish designer of printed textiles.After studying painting at the Helsinki Central School of Industrial Arts, Isola became principal designer for the textile firm alba printers[citation needed] and produced designs for their fashion subsidiary Marimekko.

A Finnish rock/pop singer and songwriter.

A Finnish rock/pop singer and songwriter.

Is a Finnish actress. She is famous for the half-hour soap opera Salatut elämät, where she played

Is a Finnish actress. She is famous for the half-hour soap opera Salatut elämät, where she played Ulla Taalasmaa. She has a theatrical background and has played in many other television shows, too. She's been in Salatut elämät from 1999 to 2007.

Is a Finnish ice dancer. She is a former Finnish national champion with Toni Mattila. She married Vi

Is a Finnish ice dancer. She is a former Finnish national champion with Toni Mattila. She married Victor Kraatz on June 19, 2004. The two coach in Vancouver, where they are the ice dancing directors at the BC Centre of Excellence. She and Kraatz have one son, born September 14, 2006.

A Finnish child actress and singer, who played in theatre and released an album. She was the daughte

A Finnish child actress and singer, who played in theatre and released an album. She was the daughter of actor Jussi Lampi.Mandi appeared in the New Happy Theatre in Linnanmäki in summer 1999. She was known for her music video Miks kaikki kiusaa ("Why is everyone bullying?") and the related campaign to stop school bullying. She released one album, Pieni maailma (1998), featuring songs by Maki, Alex, and Vera from Aikakone, as well as Alex's wife Marja.Mandi appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest episode of Laulava Sydän ("Singing Heart"), performing the Eurovision song Pump Pump by Fredi. In 2004 she and her father appeared in the Turku Castle Theatre play Älä soita äidille ("Don't call mama").

A Finnish architect, writer and professor of architecture. He graduated from Helsinki University of

A Finnish architect, writer and professor of architecture. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology department of architecture (2001). Casagrande first came to public and critical attention with the joint projects he made with Sami Rintala, under their partnetrship, Casagrande & Rintala, from 1998 to 2003, when their partnership dissolved.

He joined Nightwish for their 2002 album Century Child, following the departure of previous bassist

He joined Nightwish for their 2002 album Century Child, following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. He was a prominent guest musician in Delain, a project involving many members of the gothic/symphonic metal community. He is the bassist and l

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents FF Jaro of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier division of fo

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents FF Jaro of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier division of football. He is a midfielder. He has previously represented FC Honka of Veikkausliiga, AC Arezzo of Serie B (mostly junior team), and Sansepolcro on a loan d

Is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender in the Netherlands for Go Ahead Eagles.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender in the Netherlands for Go Ahead Eagles. He formerly played in Switzerland for FC Thun and in the Netherlands for FC Zwolle.

Was a Finnish figure skater. He was the 1930 European bronze medalist and the 1933 World bronze meda

Was a Finnish figure skater. He was the 1930 European bronze medalist and the 1933 World bronze medalist. He represented Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics, at the 1932 Winter Olympics, and the 1936 Winter Olympics. He placed sixth in 1928, fourth in 1932, and seventh in 1936.

Is a Finnish alpine skier. He represents Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Is a Finnish alpine skier. He represents Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Was a Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland. She mainly painted alt

Was a Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait painter.Capsia was born in Sweden as the child of Gottfried Capsia and Anna Schultz and married the priest Jacob Gavelin in Stockholm in 1719. After the Great Northern War in 1721 they moved to Vasa in Finland, were Margareta became known as an altarpiece painter in Österbotten. In 1730, they mowed to Turku, were she became a famous artist in all Finland. Her altarpieces where described as individual illustrations of the bible, and she was regarded as one of the best painters in the genre together with Mikael Toppelius. She painted the altarpieces of a long line of churches, such as in the churches of Paltamo in 1727 and Säkylan in 1739.

Is a Finnish politician. Kiviniemi has been the Minister of Public Administration and Local Governme

Is a Finnish politician. Kiviniemi has been the Minister of Public Administration and Local Government in the Council of State of Finland since 2007. Previously she was the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development (2005-2006). Her political party is the

Is one of two lead singers of Kwan. She has also acted in a Finnish TV soap opera called Salatut elämät in the role of Virpi Hurme from 1999 to 2000. In addition, she has played the lead role in the musical Dakota.[1]

Is an archer from Finland.

Is an archer from Finland.

A Finnish accordionist. She was originally classically trained, but has become mostly as folk musici

A Finnish accordionist. She was originally classically trained, but has become mostly as folk musician having played this music from childhood, besides her classical music studies, and also at the folk music department of the Sibelius Academy.

Is a Finnish actress. She is best known for her role in the Finnish satire television program Donna

Is a Finnish actress. She is best known for her role in the Finnish satire television program Donna Paukku.

Is a Finnish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Ol

Is a Finnish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Finnish female ice hockey player.

Is a Finnish female ice hockey player.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.[2] She won a gold medal at the 2001 World O

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.[2] She won a gold medal at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere and a silver medal in Västerås 2004 with the Finnish relay team. She also received an individual silver medal in 2001 and bronze medal in 2004 in the long distance event. Marika's clubs have been Reima-34, Espoon Suunta, Angelniemen Ankkuri, Bäkkelagets SPK, Espoon Suunta and Kalevan Rasti.