Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the third round of the men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) division to Venezuela's eventual silver medalist Bernardo Pi

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 1999. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympi

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 1999. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event.Lindström also won a silver in the team at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 in Planica.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both t

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 1000 m and the K-4 1000 m events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a Bulgarian-Finnish model and actress.On the heels of her discovery, Jordanova appeared on severa

Is a Bulgarian-Finnish model and actress.On the heels of her discovery, Jordanova appeared on several Finnish magazine covers, which led to more work outside Finland. International campaigns Jordanova appeared in include Felina Lingerie, Bacardi Lime, and Clarins, shot by photographer Gilles Bensimon. Jordanova was featured in the 2006 Maxim calendar and has appeared in FHM and the Czech Republic's June 2007 edition of Esquire.

Was a Finnish sportsman active in the 1920s.Eklöf played association football at international leve

Was a Finnish sportsman active in the 1920s.Eklöf played association football at international level, scoring 17 goals in 32 appearances between 1919 and 1927.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team lar

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 12th in the individual normal hill at the 1993 championships.

Is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics fo

Is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FF Jaro. He has also represen

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FF Jaro. He has also represented FC Honka and FC Hämeenlinna earlier in his career.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for Atlantis FC in Helsinki in Finland.A st

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for Atlantis FC in Helsinki in Finland.A strong player, Kosonen plays as a forward and is 188 cm in height and weighs in at 88 kg.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

A professional ice hockey goaltender currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey L

A professional ice hockey goaltender currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He is a butterfly style goaltender.Toskala was selected by San Jose in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft (4th round, 90th overall). The Sharks also took fellow Finn Miikka Kiprusoff in the fifth round. Toskala turned heads with his stellar play in the 1998–99 season with Ilves of the SM-liiga, where he went 21-12-0 with a 2.14 GAA and a 0.916 save percentage and posted five shutouts. The next season, playing a style that modeled after Markus Korhonen he played with Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien and posted an impressive 2.59 GAA. In one game with Färjestad, Toskala scored a goal. At this point, Toskala was not sure if he wanted to have a career in hockey. Wanting a more stable job, he was going to quit hockey altogether to go to school full-time, before San Jose enticed him to North America.

Is a Finnish actor.Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television working consistently throughout the 1

Is a Finnish actor.Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television working consistently throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He starred in the 2003 film Sibelius working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella and Miina Turunen. He once again worked with director Koivusalo in Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa in 2005.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FC Honka based i

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FC Honka based in Tapiola in Finland. His surname Vasara means hammer in English.

Is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish

Is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to wo

Is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to work as a sport news hostess for television channel Nelonen. Today she is the hostess for entertainment news on MTV3 television channel.In 2004 Avellan was a candidate in European Parliament elections for the centre right National Coalition Party.

Was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

A singer who made himself known as the "Singing Cossack". A few years after his birth in Karelia his

A singer who made himself known as the "Singing Cossack". A few years after his birth in Karelia his family moved to Finland, where he became a noted musician and also appeared in several films, mostly playing himself. The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was his first appearance outside of Finland. He didn't earn any points for his song, mostly because judges didn't like the lyrics.In 1970, only five years later, a Europe-wide release, Stenka Rasin, containing Russian songs went gold on the Finnish market, the first record to do so in Finland. Later, it also went platinum. This success was followed by a decade of concerts and popular shows all over the world. Viktor had nine more gold records as well as one platinum. In 1973 he played in the "comedy-humour-musical" Kofferten (Norwegian title), Ryck mig i vaskan (Swedish title), a co-operation between Sveriges Radio, BBC, YLE and NRK.

Was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement.Miina Sillanpää was

Was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement.Miina Sillanpää was born during the famine years to peasants Juho and Leena (née Roth) Riktig, who had a total of nine children. She started her work career at the age of 12 at the Forssa cotton factory, and later in the Jokioinen nail factory. At the age of 18 she moved to Porvoo to work as a maid and changed her name from Vilhelmiina Riktig to Miina Sillanpää. From 1900 to 1915 she worked as caretaker of the Helsinki Household Workers' Association's Servants' Home and Employment Agency. Sillanpää worked as inspector of eateries and cafés of Osuusliike Elanto from 1916 to 1932 and as secretary of the Social Democratic Party Working Women's Association from 1932 to 1936.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal i

Was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.The 14.50 meter jumps he took during qualifying were counted during the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also won bronze in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In long jump, his best result was a fourth place in the 1924 Olympics.

Was a Finnish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member o

Was a Finnish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member of the Finnish cycling team which finished fifth in the team time trial event. In the individual time trial competition he finished 21st.

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.He received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.He received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1]