Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played in 3 Olympic games

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played in 3 Olympic games for Finland. He was born in Turku, Finland.

Is a Finnish actor.He is married to Virve Havelin. Their son, Jasper, is also an actor. He is best r

Is a Finnish actor.He is married to Virve Havelin. Their son, Jasper, is also an actor. He is best recognised for his part as Matti's father in the 2006 film of the same name, where his real-life son plays his on-screen son.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HJK, Jokerit,

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HJK, Jokerit, Ilves, and TPS.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Is a retired American ice hockey player.A defenceman, Chambers was selected by the Minnesota North S

Is a retired American ice hockey player.A defenceman, Chambers was selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft. He played parts of four seasons with the North Stars, including the 1991 improbable run to the finals.

Is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian origin, he is contracted at TuS Koblenz in Germany.Kuqi

Is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian origin, he is contracted at TuS Koblenz in Germany.Kuqi started his playing career with Mikkelin Kissat shortly after migrating to Finland. He later played for Mikkelin Palloilijat, HJK and FC Jokerit in Finland

Was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish bo

Was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Heatherbell, which won the bronze medal in the 12 metre class.

Is an Estonian Finnish ice hockey winger who currently represents HIFK of the Finnish top flight, th

Is an Estonian Finnish ice hockey winger who currently represents HIFK of the Finnish top flight, the SM-Liiga. He made his first appearance for HIFK in the 2008-09 season opener against local rivals Jokerit on September 11, 2008. On September 30, 2008 he

Was the singer of the now defunct Finnish rock band Killer. In 2003 Nordin had a hit on her own with

Was the singer of the now defunct Finnish rock band Killer. In 2003 Nordin had a hit on her own with the song "Sydämeni osuman sai" included on the soundtrack of the movie Helmiä ja sikoja. The song is a cover version of the Gene Pitney hit song "Somethin

Was a Finnish actress best known for her role as Justiina Puupää in Pekka & Pätkä.Siiri's family

Was a Finnish actress best known for her role as Justiina Puupää in Pekka & Pätkä.Siiri's family moved a lot. Her sister Inez was born in Turku (in 1905) and her another sister Irja Inkeri was born in Maaria in 1907. Their parents got married in 2 February 1902.

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and junior world champion.She became Junior World Champion in t

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and junior world champion.She became Junior World Champion in the relay in Põlva in 2003, and in the long course in Gdansk in 2004.[2][3]

Is a former Finnish footballer, who currently is manager of Åbo IFK. Valakari began his career with

Is a former Finnish footballer, who currently is manager of Åbo IFK. Valakari began his career with KontU in the Finnish lower divisions, before first moving to FinnPa in 1995 and then to Scottish club Motherwell in 1996. After four seasons in Scotland,

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two Summer O

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

Is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman

Is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman

Is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Sped

Is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself are the three important players in almost all of Spede's productions. He frequently plays a supporting or at the very least a relevant secondary character in many of Spede's films, usually the bungling assistant to the main character (often portrayed by Pasanen). His characters are frequently named after Simo (such as in Pähkähullu Suomi, Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit).

Is a Finnish businessman and the former Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation. He became the Chairma

Is a Finnish businessman and the former Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation. He became the Chairman and CEO in 1988 after the death of Kari Kairamo. In 1990 he was replaced as Chairman by Mika Tiivola. He remained CEO until 1992 when he was succeeded by Jorma Ollila.[1]

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for IFK Mariehamn.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for IFK Mariehamn.

Is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved i

Is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteerin

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first World Champion in ski orienteering, in 1975.[1]At the World Orienteering Championships in 1970 Kukkonen placed 32nd in the individual event, and participated on the Finnish relay team that placed fourth.[2] She was a member of the Finnish winning team at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships, together with team mates Pirjo Seppä and Liisa Veijalainen, and placed 25th in the individual contest.[3][4]

Is a Finnish painter. She studied in Helsinki and Paris.Kurkinen debuted in Imatra in 1955 and in He

Is a Finnish painter. She studied in Helsinki and Paris.Kurkinen debuted in Imatra in 1955 and in Helsinki in 1958. Her works can be seen at Ateneum, the Imatra Museum of Art and in various other locations all over the country.

Was a Finnish actress.[1][2] Sirkka died when she fell down a chimney. She was at a cast party celeb

Was a Finnish actress.[1][2] Sirkka died when she fell down a chimney. She was at a cast party celebrating the completion of a movie, her third and last. She mistook a chimney for a balcony and fell into a heating boiler, dying instantly.

A popular contemporary writer in Finland. She was born in Jyväskylä, of Estonian heritage. She is

A popular contemporary writer in Finland. She was born in Jyväskylä, of Estonian heritage. She is a former dramaturgy student of the Finnish Theatre Academy.[1]Oksanen first became well-known for her novel Stalinin lehmät ("Stalin's Cows") (2003).[2] It was nominated for the Runeberg Prize.[3] Two years later, she released her second novel Baby Jane (2005).[4] Oksanen’s first original play Puhdistus (”Purge”) was staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007 out of the play grew Oksanen’s third literary novel Puhdistus (2008).[5] It ranked nr. 1 on the bestseller list for fiction in Finland when it was published.[6]

A Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and Lieder singer.She graduated

A Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and Lieder singer.She graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (a cantor-organist diploma, a singing teacher's degree and a singing diploma) and made her concert debut there in 1986.Isokoski won the Lappeenranta song competition in Finland (1987), the Elly Ameling Competition in the Netherlands (1988) and the Tokyo International Singing Competition (1990). In 1987 she won 2nd prize in the BBC Singer of the World competition in Cardiff.She worked first as a church musician in Northern Finland. In 1987 she was engaged as a soloist with the Finnish National Opera and stayed there until 1994. Her first appearance there was as 'Mimi' in Puccini's La bohème in 1987.

Is a Finnish javelin thrower.

Is a Finnish javelin thrower.

Is the daughter of cartoonist Lars Jansson and the niece of the famous Finnish writer and painter To

Is the daughter of cartoonist Lars Jansson and the niece of the famous Finnish writer and painter Tove Jansson. Jansson-Zambra has worked as a Spanish language teacher,[1] is the majority shareholder and artistic director of Oy Moomin Characters, Ltd.,[2][3] and provided direct oversight together with her father for the 1990 Moomin animated series.