Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Finnish actor. Sarjula is the leading dancer in the Scandinavian Hunks and has acted in the Fin

Is a Finnish actor. Sarjula is the leading dancer in the Scandinavian Hunks and has acted in the Finnish soap series Salatut elämät of MTV3 as Ossi Puolakka from (2003–).

Is a Finnish footballer who plays in the centre back position. Currently, he plays for German Bundes

Is a Finnish footballer who plays in the centre back position. Currently, he plays for German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen and is the captain of the Finland national football team. He has recently joined Leverkusen, ending a ten year spell at Liverpoo

Is a Finnish male actor, who is known best as Aki Nikkinen from the Finnish TV-series Salatut elämät on MTV3.He has also acted in the Municipal Theatre of Helsinki, in plays such as Housut pois and Poika ja tähti. In addition he has lent his voice to a few cartoon films. Uotila has played Danny in the Grease musical directed by Marco Bjurström in year 2002. Uotila spent the summer of 2003 in Turku and worked in the play Oklahoma in the Summer Theatre of Samppalinna. In 2006 Uotila gave the Finnish language voice to Lighting McQueen in the animated cartoon film Cars. Uotila stopped shooting episodes of Salatut elämät in 2001, but his character remained on screen until 2002.

Is a Finnish guitarist who plays rock and metal. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has s

Is a Finnish guitarist who plays rock and metal. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with the German metal scene. German "Rock Hard" magazine featured him in 2007 as "forgotten guitar hero".While living in Germany, he served as a session musician for rock band In Rags, gothic act Tiamat and thrash metal band Grip Inc. For both Tiamat and Grip Inc., he played sitar, his second favourite instrument.

Is the Chief Creative Officer of Sulake and one of the original founders of Sulake's Habbo Hotel, an

Is the Chief Creative Officer of Sulake and one of the original founders of Sulake's Habbo Hotel, an Internet social networking sites aimed at the young. It has already spread to 29 countries and to six different continents. In the future the plan is to open hotels in many other countries.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Honka in Finland. He has also repres

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Honka in Finland. He has also represented the Norwegian Premier League side Sandefjord Fotball and played in the Netherlands for RBC Roosendaal.

A retired nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990s and early 2000s.A winner of fiv

A retired nordic combined athlete who competed during the late 1990s and early 2000s.A winner of five Winter Olympic Games medals, his career highlight came at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when Lajunen took won all three gold medals in the Nordic combined events. He also won silver medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in both the 15 km individual and 4 x 5 km team events.Lajunen also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning eight medals. This included one gold (4 x 5 km team: 1999), four silvers (15 km individual: 1999, 2001; 4 x 5 km team: 1997, 7.5 km sprint: 2001); and three bronzes (15 km individual: 2003, 4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003)

Is a Finnish footballer who plays in defence. He currently plays for MyPa in Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who plays in defence. He currently plays for MyPa in Finnish Veikkausliiga. His professional career began in Finland in 1996 at Tampere. Timoska moved to MyPa in 1998 making over 150 appearances before playing for English side Quee

A Finnish enduro rider. He is a five-time World Enduro Champion and has also won the International S

A Finnish enduro rider. He is a five-time World Enduro Champion and has also won the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland five times.Aro debuted in the World Enduro Championship in 1998, and took his first world title in 2002 with Husqvarna in the 250 cc class. After moving to KTM for the 2003 season, he placed second in the championship behind Honda's Stefan Merriman. He went on to win the World Enduro Championship three times in a row; in 2004 in the Enduro 3 class, and in 2005 and 2006 in the Enduro 2 class.[1] In the 2008 season, after a second place to Honda rider Mika Ahola in 2007, Aro became one of the few enduro riders to win five world championship titles.

Is a Finnish actor and singer.Edelmann graduated from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1991. Before

Is a Finnish actor and singer.Edelmann graduated from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1991. Before he graduated, he had already acted in the three movies: Talvisota and two Vääpeli Körmy movies. His role of Vähy in the movie Veturimiehet heiluttaa in 1992, however, was what shot him to fame. Some of his other well-known roles include Patrick in Romanovin kivet (1993), Jussi Murikka in Häjyt (1999), Roope in Levottomat (2000), Aki in Minä ja Morrison (2001) and Tomppa in Rööperi.

A Finnish film writer, director, actor and producer. He started creating the Star Wreck sci-fi serie

A Finnish film writer, director, actor and producer. He started creating the Star Wreck sci-fi series in 1992 and nowadays he is considered one of the biggest young stars of indie films in Finland.His latest film Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (released in 2005) has made him famous because it features Hollywood quality 3D CGI of Star Trek and Babylon 5 space stations, ships, battles, etc.

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the two time Finnish junior national champion. He is the 2007 Nord

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the two time Finnish junior national champion. He is the 2007 Nordic junior silver medalist and has competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Is a Finnish actor.Vauramo graduated from the Finnish Theatre Academy in 2005. He currently works at

Is a Finnish actor.Vauramo graduated from the Finnish Theatre Academy in 2005. He currently works at the Theatre of Kotka, where he has acted in Aleksis Kivi's famous play Nummisuutarit. In 2005, he starred as a rap DJ in the praised film Tyttö sinä olet tähti with Pamela Tola. He received a Jussi nomination (Finland's equivalent of an Oscar) for Best Leading Actor for his role. He has also appeared in television series and is currently working on new film projects. He is considered one of Finland's most promising young actors [1].

Is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She comp

Is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She competed in 2007 European Junior Championships (10th) and in 2008 World Junior Championships (5th). She competed at the World Championships in 2009 without rea

A Finnish singer, kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre. She i

A Finnish singer, kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre. She is probably most well-known for her work with the band Hedningarna, which extended over eight years between 1991 and 1999. She was also a founding member of

Is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.

Is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.

Is a Finnish actor. Luostarinen has graduated of a commercial institute in year 1995. She has acted

Is a Finnish actor. Luostarinen has graduated of a commercial institute in year 1995. She has acted five years in the Teatteri Violetti in Hyvinkää as well as appeared in television commercials and minor TV-roles.

Is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summ

Is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

She is appearing on the Main Stage of Helsinki City Theatre (Helsingin kaupunginteatteri) in "Salaa

She is appearing on the Main Stage of Helsinki City Theatre (Helsingin kaupunginteatteri) in "Salaa rakas" and in the comedy for children "Risto Räppääjä". As of 2010[update] she is rehearsing Arsenic and Old Lace ('Arsenikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä')[2] as the sole female in the cast.She has lived and worked in both England and Finland, but is now living in Helsinki. Early in her career she sang guest vocals on HIM's version of (Don't Fear) The Reaper.

Was a Finnish politician, author and journalist. He is also considered to be the ideological father

Was a Finnish politician, author and journalist. He is also considered to be the ideological father of Finnish Centre Party.Alkio was a member of the Finnish House of Representatives from 1907 - 1908 and again from 1914 - 1922. He was vice-chairman of the

Is an American ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, an alumna of Toll Gate High School.

Is an American ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, an alumna of Toll Gate High School.

Was a Finnish alpine skier. She is the youngest skier ever to win the Finnish alpine ski championshi

Was a Finnish alpine skier. She is the youngest skier ever to win the Finnish alpine ski championship with her gold medal in the women’s slalom in 1977 when she was only 14 years old. Between 1975 and 1979 Mustonen won as many as 25 medals in Finnish alpi

A Finnish pop singer who achieved fame in 2005 after releasing her debut single "Simon Can't Sing" w

A Finnish pop singer who achieved fame in 2005 after releasing her debut single "Simon Can't Sing" which was a parody of Simon Cowell, the famous American Idol & Pop Idol judge. She and her song became instantly a hit in both America and her native countr

A Finnish retired race walker. Her father is from Morocco.After retiring she entered politics and re

A Finnish retired race walker. Her father is from Morocco.After retiring she entered politics and represented the Christian Democrats (Finland) in the Finnish parliament between 2003-2007 but failed in elections 2007.

Is a Finnish female ice hockey player. She was born in Pori, Finland. She played on the women's ice

Is a Finnish female ice hockey player. She was born in Pori, Finland. She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.