Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter T

A Finnish ski-jumper who competed from 1991 to 2004.His biggest success came very early in his caree

A Finnish ski-jumper who competed from 1991 to 2004.His biggest success came very early in his career, where he won three medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, earning two gold medals in the individual and team large hill events; and a bronze medal in the individual normal hill event. That same year, Nieminen went on to win both the ski-jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival and the Ski jumping World Cup.

Is a Finnish professional football player who currently plays for Levadiakos F.C. in Greece. Lehtine

Is a Finnish professional football player who currently plays for Levadiakos F.C. in Greece. Lehtinen has previously played for TP-Seinäjoki and was a youth player at English side Peterborough United. He returned to Finland in 2003 and signed with FC Haka

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Brandon Wheat Kings of the Wester

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. In Decemb

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. In December 2009, Ståhl signed a contract with Major League Soccer, even though clubs from Sweden, Denmark and English Premier League side Burnley showed interest

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Was an American professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National

Was an American professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. He was born in Painesdale, Michigan. At the time of his death, at the age of 94, he was the oldest former member of the Detroit Red Wings.

Was a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party. He was also known by the

Was a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party. He was also known by the pseudonym Viikinki he used while appearing in the Finnish version of the TV game show American Gladiators in the 1990s (Gladiaattorit). He was also a professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Federation under the name Ludvig Borga, an MMA fighter and a professional boxer who held the Finnish Heavyweight Championship.

Tony appeared as a guest male vocalist in Nightwish's 2001 remake of their song "Astral Romance", wh

Tony appeared as a guest male vocalist in Nightwish's 2001 remake of their song "Astral Romance", which appeared on the EP Over the Hills and Far Away. He also sang backing vocals on the song "Over the Hills and Far Away" and sang a duet with Tarja Turunen on "Beauty and the Beast." Tony appears on stage with Tarja performing "Beauty and the Beast," on Nightwish's live DVD From Wishes to Eternity.

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward who plays for Genève-Servette HC and formerly for Lokomot

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward who plays for Genève-Servette HC and formerly for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers as their second-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.Salmelainen started his ice hockey career as a junior player in the Blues organisation, and moved to HIFK for his SM-liiga debut in the 1999-2000 season. In an eventful debut, Salmelainen scored his first goal in his very first shift, and was injured later in the game. He played 19 games for HIFK next season, and transferred to Ilves to get more ice time.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild as their fourth-r

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild as their fourth-round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

A professional Finnish Thaiboxer, four time Finnish Heavyweight Champion and amateur Muay Thai World

A professional Finnish Thaiboxer, four time Finnish Heavyweight Champion and amateur Muay Thai World Champion. In 2003 he turned pro and had his first tournament in K-1 Scandinavia 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden. He trains at Turku Thaiboxing Club under his mentor and coach WMC World Champion Riku Immonen.[1]

Was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1964 to 1969. He finished fifth in the individual normal

Was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1964 to 1969. He finished fifth in the individual normal hill event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, which was Mattila's best career finish as well.

Was a Swedish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War.a noble military officer of S

Was a Swedish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War.a noble military officer of Swedish ancestry from Western Götaland, and Carin Lydiksdotter Jägerhorn, of Finnish nobility from southern Finland, Torsten Stålhandske married Kristina Horn in 1643. Albeit a short man, he was exceptionally strong; when a captured enemy officer, particularly a Pole or an Austrian — he couldn't stand either — was led into the Swedish camp, he would shake their hands so hard that blood would appear under their fingernails in what he called "an honest Swedish handshake". Hence, his nickname.

He studied philosophy, theology and literature at the University of Helsinki.In 1959 he made his fir

He studied philosophy, theology and literature at the University of Helsinki.In 1959 he made his first trip abroad, to Copenhagen, a city that became and has remained a foreign focal point for him. The years 1979-1982 he lived in Stockholm before returning to Finland, first to Middle-Finland and then, in 1999, to his native Helsinki.Since his youth he tried his hand in some 40 different professions, the more serious of which were working as a teacher for the socially handicapped for five years and as a software consultant for Nokia computers for nine years.

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1928 Summe

Was a Finnish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

A renowned visual artist whose oil paintings are on display in many museums and collections. She liv

A renowned visual artist whose oil paintings are on display in many museums and collections. She lives in Madrid, Spain. She has had nearly 90 sole exhibitions and over 80 collective exhibitions in 15 countries.Totte Mannes was invited in May, 2007, to exhibit her paintings from the past twenty years in two exhibitions in Seinäjoki, Finland: one atthe Municipal Art Hall and the other at the Varikko Gallery. The exhibitions were a great success and gained very positive reviews in the press.

Is a Finnish professional football player who currently plays for FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Prem

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

Was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She was the author of, among ot

Was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She was the author of, among other works, the Moomin books.

Is the drummer of the Folk metal band Turisas. He lives in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Is the drummer of the Folk metal band Turisas. He lives in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga, the premier division of f

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga, the premier division of football in Finland.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. H

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for TPS, Lukko, Jokerit, Chicago Blackhawks, and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Is a Finnish footballer who is currently playing for HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga as a defensiv

Is a Finnish footballer who is currently playing for HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga as a defensive midfielder.Haapala has previously played for FC Lahti (2000-03) and MyPa (2004-05) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 2004

A Finnish composer, musician and producer. Known best for heavy metal music, he has also studied jaz

A Finnish composer, musician and producer. Known best for heavy metal music, he has also studied jazz and classical styles.Holopainen is best known for being the keyboardist, band leader and main songwriter,[3] of Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Grst and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side projects are the gothic metal band For My Pain... and the band of Timo Rautiainen.Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player Marco Hietala on ôWhile Your Lips Are Still Redö, for the Finnish film ôLieksa!ö in 2007.

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga, the premier division of f

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga, the premier division of football in Finland.

Is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the number two tennis player i

Is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the number two tennis player in Finland, right behind countryman Jarkko Nieminen and as of April 14, 2006 is the 716th ranked player in the world. In 2004, he reached the first round of