Finnish Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was a Finnish general.Received his military education in the Hamina Cadet School 1896-1901, in the M

Was a Finnish general.Received his military education in the Hamina Cadet School 1896-1901, in the Mihailov Artillery School in St Petersburg 1901-1903, and in St Petersburg Artillery Academy 1906-1909. He served in the Russian army during World War I. When the Finnish Civil War began he moved to Finland and was given the job of creating the artillery of general Mannerheim's White Army. After the war he also served as the Minister of Defence between 1923 and 1924. During the Continuation War he was a part of Mannerheim's inner circle. He was promoted to the rank of General of the artillery in 1941.

Was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.His c

Was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983).

Was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in meteorology in

Was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala.After graduation in meteorology in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere. At the time the measurements were conducted by attaching a thermograph to a kite.Väisälä participated in development of radiosonde, a device attached to a balloon and launched to measure air in the higher atmosphere. In 1936 he started his own company, manufacturing radiosondes and - later - other meteorological instruments.

Is a Finnish football player, who mostly plays as defensive midfielder. Savolainen currently represe

Is a Finnish football player, who mostly plays as defensive midfielder. Savolainen currently represents Tampere United of Veikkausliiga. He started playing football for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi when he was five years old and made his debut for the senior

Was a Finnish accordionist and composer.Vesterinen studied piano and cello in Vyborg Music Institute

Was a Finnish accordionist and composer.Vesterinen studied piano and cello in Vyborg Music Institute, but as an accordionist he was self-taught. Vesterinen mainly played in different bands and theatres early in his career. Vesterinen made his first recordings in 1929. The most popular recording of Vesterinen is Säkkijärven polkka in 1939. Even though it is not Vesterinen's own song, his version of the song is the most popular among people. Other popular songs are Metsäkukkia (1931)

Was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from August 25, 1944 to

Was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from August 25, 1944 to June 11, 1949 and again from September 1, 1949 to October 22, 1949.

Was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. Internationally Revell is best known for design

Was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. Internationally Revell is best known for designing the Toronto City Hall.He graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1937. He married Maire Myntti in 1941; they had three daughters born in 1942, 1943 and 1945. He was one of the survivors of the sinking of the Finnish flagship, the coastal defence ship Ilmarinen in 1941.

Was a Finnish cross country skier. He won a silver medal in 4 x 10 kilometer races at the 1950 FIS N

Was a Finnish cross country skier. He won a silver medal in 4 x 10 kilometer races at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York.

Is a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and Ecole d

Is a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Belleville and graduated as an architect in 2002.He has worked in France, Croatia and Germany (Sauerbruch Hutton Architects), 1999 - at SARC Architects Ltd. In 2004, he established his own office, Avanto Architects, with Anu Puustinen.

A Finnish singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. They have released six stud

A Finnish singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. They have released six studio albums and four compilation albums. They became the first Finnish rock band to achieve a gold record in the United States. Valo was also the drummer for the spin-off rock band Daniel Lioneye which featured their guitarist on vocals. Valo is friends with American actor/pro-skateboarder Bam Margera, and HIM's music has been featured in Margera's projects. He is a vegetarian. He currently resides in his tower in Helsinki.[2]

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for KuPS.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Elitserie

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK. Jala

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK. Jalasto plays position of right back.

Is a 192-cm (6' 4") tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg (260 lbs) and competes for Kenttäurh

Is a 192-cm (6' 4") tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg (260 lbs) and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 21.09 m, which he put on July 28, 2002 in the Elite Games in Kuortane, Fin

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won two team (large and normal) si

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won two team (large and normal) silver medals the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and 9th in the individual large hill at those same championships.

Is a Finnish sportsman and TV presenter.Klinga has been a supplier of radio and worked for the Barce

Is a Finnish sportsman and TV presenter.Klinga has been a supplier of radio and worked for the Barcelona Summer Olympics in 1992. He is married and has children.Klinga was working in YLE from 1990, but in 2005 he resigned from working there and he replaced Lasse Lehtinen in hosting of Haluatko miljonääriksi? game show.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the NH

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the NHL.

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.

The current vocalist and guitarist of the Finnish gothic metal group Poisonblack. He was also the fr

The current vocalist and guitarist of the Finnish gothic metal group Poisonblack. He was also the frontman for Sentenced from 1996 (when he replaced their former bassist and vocalist, Taneli Jarva) until the group ended their career in 2005. When joining Sentenced he was soon accepted by fans. He wrote very few songs for Sentenced (whose main-songwriters were Miika Tenkula and Sami Lopakka), but one example of a song he wrote is "Aika Multaa Muistot" on the album, "The Cold White Light".

Is a Finnish ski jumper. Larinto made his World Cup debut in 2007-08, and picked up his first World

Is a Finnish ski jumper. Larinto made his World Cup debut in 2007-08, and picked up his first World Cup points in the Four Hills opener at Oberstdorf, Germany on 30 December 2007, when he finished 29th.The 2008-09 season was his breakthrough season. He began the season with an impressive 9th place finish at Kuusamo, and got his first career podium finish one week later in Trondheim, Norway, where he finished second behind Gregor Schlierenzauer.

Is a former Finnish footballer.As a junior Lehtinen played for Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi. He made

Is a former Finnish footballer.As a junior Lehtinen played for Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi. He made his first-team debut in Finland's top division Veikkausliiga for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi in 1997. He played only two games before moving to Sheffield Unit

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings in the Nat

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Tappara of the Finnish SM-liiga.Niem

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Tappara of the Finnish SM-liiga.Nieminen started his professional hockey career with Tappara in the Finnish SM-liiga, in the 1994–95 season. He was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche as their third-round pick, #78 overall, in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Nieminen spent three seasons in the AHL with the Hershey Bears, and moved to the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10

Is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Nousiainen won his first world championship medal with a bronze in the team sprint event with Sami Jauhojärvi at Liberec in 2009. He then followed it with another bronze in the 4 x 10 km event at those same championships.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third-r

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third-round pick, #58 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He currently plays for the Florida Panthers.