Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter H

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

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

Is a Finnish footballer who is currently playing for Hansa Rostock in the German Second Bundesliga.

Is a Finnish footballer who is currently playing for Hansa Rostock in the German Second Bundesliga. He's a tall central defender who can also play as striker.

The bassist of the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom.Henkka is a very common nickname for Henri a

The bassist of the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom.Henkka is a very common nickname for Henri and seppä means blacksmith in English. The reason he has a T. in the middle of his name is his nickname being Torso.[1]He first started playing guitar at the age of eleven. He got into the heavy metal scene through his brother, who listened to bands such as Slayer and Pantera with his friends. Before that, he had only had contact with rock 'n roll and rock bands such as Guns N' Roses and Poison. As time passed, his interest started leaning towards heavier bands, until in the early 90s he discovered black metal and death metal bands of the likes of Burzum, Dissection and Cannibal Corpse.

Is a Finnish football player, who plays as a midfielder. He currently represents Tampere United of t

Is a Finnish football player, who plays as a midfielder. He currently represents Tampere United of the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He has previously played for Vaasan Palloseura and Örgryte IS. He has also represented the Finnish national football team.

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga. He started his

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga. He started his career in TP-47. On the premier level in Finland, he has also represented AC Allianssi. He has played four caps in the Finland national football team and h

Is a Finnish footballer, who plays as a defender. He currently represents Atalanta of Serie A, on lo

Is a Finnish footballer, who plays as a defender. He currently represents Atalanta of Serie A, on loan from FC Lahti. In 2 December 2009, he was on trial with the French club Racing Club de Lens. On 31 January 2010 Toivomäki was loaned to Atalanta, playin

Was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli Toivone

Was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli Toivonen, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his brother, Harri Toivonen, became a professional circuit racer.Toivonen's first World Rally Champio

Is a Finnish rapper from Nurmijärvi. His former stage name "Pikku G" refers to his small size (= "p

Is a Finnish rapper from Nurmijärvi. His former stage name "Pikku G" refers to his small size (= "pikku") and to "Genetic", his old breakdance name.Vähäkainu made his breakthrough on radio station YLEX's competition at the age of 15. His debut album Räjähdysvaara was released in 2003. It was the first Finnish hip hop album to sell platinum and it was Finland's most sold record that year. The following year he released another album called Suora Lähetys, but even though it also reached platinum numbers, it sold about one third of his first album's sales.

Is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2009 Nordic bronze medalist and the 2005 Finnish junior silve

Is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2009 Nordic bronze medalist and the 2005 Finnish junior silver medalist.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. A regula

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. A regular for the Under-21s since the age of 17, Sjölund made his senior international debut for the Finnish national team on May 22, 2003 against Norway. Good per

Is a Finnish football player, who plays for Vaasan Palloseura.He began his career 2001 in the youth

Is a Finnish football player, who plays for Vaasan Palloseura.He began his career 2001 in the youth from TPS Turku, before 2003 joined to Ajax Amsterdam, in August 2006 left Ajax and moved to Assyriska Föreningen. He played 1 season with Assyriska Förenin

Is a retired American professional ice hockey centerman who played 247 games over 6 seasons in the N

Is a retired American professional ice hockey centerman who played 247 games over 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies whose career was cut short by eye injury. H

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

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

Was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, botanist and a naturalist.In 1768 Spöring (Jr.) was enlisted a

Was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, botanist and a naturalist.In 1768 Spöring (Jr.) was enlisted as a clerk, assistant naturalist and personal secretary in the entourage of Joseph Banks, a wealthy young botanist who was preparing for an expedition sponsored by the Royal Society to the Pacific Ocean. This expedition had as one of its principal goals the observation of the transit of Venus; however it was also intended to make scientific studies of the flora and fauna of any new lands encountered. Indeed, the confidential purpose of the voyage (in particular, from the point of view of the British Admiralty) was to seek out the hypothetical "unknown southern continent", orTerra Australis (Incognita).

Was a leading Finnish historian and one of the founders of the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL).He

Was a leading Finnish historian and one of the founders of the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL).He became Ambassador to Rome in 1920 (a post he held until 1925)and developed an admiration for the growing fascist movement whilst in Italy.

Was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished tent

Was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished tenth in the 18 kilometre competition.

Was a Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Ol

Was a Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] He received a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Is a Finnish footballer playing as a striker. He currently plays for FC Honka in the Finnish premier

Is a Finnish footballer playing as a striker. He currently plays for FC Honka in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga. On 18th January 2010 Vuorinen made his first appearance to Finland national football team at Málaga, Spain in friendly match agai

Was the first female "master builder" in Finland, and is sometimes described as the first female arc

Was the first female "master builder" in Finland, and is sometimes described as the first female architect in Finland.She grew up in the Åland Islands, and began her career as a special student at Helsinki Industrial School in 1891. In those days only men could attend the industrial schools in the country, but because of her excellent results she got accepted as a regular student the following year, and began her career in architecture in 1894.

Is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. She competed in thr

Is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. She competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals (1972 and 1976 under her maiden name and 1980 under her married name.). Riihivuori also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning twice at 10 km (1974, 1980) and once at 5 km (1977).

A physical chemist and materials scientist best known for his work in the development of mercury por

A physical chemist and materials scientist best known for his work in the development of mercury porosimetry, high pressure liquid chromatography, and formulation of the Rootare-Prenzlow Equation.Rootare was born and raised in Tallinn, Estonia, emigrated from Estonia to Helsinki, Finland, in 1944, and later to Visby, on the Swedish island of Gotland, and immigrated to New York City in the United States from Sweden in 1946. He attended Wagner College on Staten Island, New York, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1973. Although he was displaced several times during and after World War II, as a result he speaks several languages, including English, Estonian, Finnish, Swedish, as well as, to a lesser degree, German and Russian.

Was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She

Was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She was a student of Edward Westermarck.In the 1920s Granqvist arrived at the village of Artas, just outside Bethlehem in the then British Mandate of Palestine as part of her research on the women of the Old Testament. She had gone to Palestine "in order to find the Jewish ancestors of Scripture. What she found instead was a Palestinian people with a distinct culture and way of life. She therefore changed the focus of her research to a full investigation of the customs, habits and ways of thinking of the people of that village. Granqvist ended up staying till 1931 documenting all aspects of village life. In so doing she took hundreds of photographs."[1]

Is a retired Finnish ice-hockey player and coach. He played 87 matches and scored 50 points in HPK b

Is a retired Finnish ice-hockey player and coach. He played 87 matches and scored 50 points in HPK between the years 1952-1960.

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in both Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle wrestling.

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in both Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle wrestling.

Was a Finnish general who led troops in the Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War. He also sa

Was a Finnish general who led troops in the Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War. He also saw action as a part of the Finnish volunteer "jägerbattalion 27" fighting on the German side in World War I.The son of a newspaper editor, Siilasvuo had studied law, and been involved with politics in the Ministry of Education. He was an officer in the Jaeger Battalion in Germany during the Great War, and later became a battalion commander during the Finnish Civil War. He was opinionated, but a cunning military commander.