Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.
Under the North Star is a trilogy published between 1959 and 1962 by Finnish author Väinö Linna. The novel follows the life of a Finnish family from 1880, through the First World War, the Finnish Civil War and the Second World War, to about 1950. Through the lives of ordinary people, it describes the clash of ideals in Finland's language strife and the struggle between the Whites (nationalists) and the Reds (socialists) in the movement to Independence and Civil War.
FC Viikingit is a Finnish football club based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki, and currently playing in the Vitonen, the sixth tier of Finnish football. They play their home matches at Vuosaaren urheilukenttä, also called Heteniitty. The club's name and crest refer to Vikings, and they are known for their red colour.
The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. They are currently ranked as the 14th best women's national team in the world by FIFA as of August 2023. On 30 October 2008, the national team qualified to the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, the first major football tournament Iceland ever took part in, having previously competed in the 1995 UEFA Women's Championship which was a home and away knockout competition. At the 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, they took their first point in a major championship, following a draw against Norway in the opening game.
Berat Sadik is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias.
Teemu Eino Antero Pukki is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United and the Finland national team.
Haris Handžić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bosnian Premier League club Riteriai
Akseli Pelvas is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker.
FC Santa Claus is a football club from Rovaniemi, Finland that currently plays in the Nelonen, the fifth tier of the Finnish football league system. The club has played as high as the third tier, Kakkonen, where they have played a total of 14 seasons. They were nearly promoted to the second-tier, Ykkönen, but lost their promotion playoff match to HIFK in 2010. The club plays at the Saarenkylän Stadion. Previously, they played at the Keskuskenttä Stadium, which seats 4,000 spectators, of which 2,800 are covered. They shared that stadium with Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS), who played in the top tier Veikkausliiga, until their relegation at the end of the 2020 season.
Mika Lehkosuo, nicknamed "Bana", is a Finnish football manager and former midfielder, and working as a coach for Finland U21 national team.
Tommi Pikkarainen is a Finnish football manager and former player.
Tuija Annika Hyyrynen is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for the Finland women's national team.
Futbolo Klubas Riteriai, also known as FK Riteriai or as Riteriai, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. Until 21 February 2019, the club was based in Trakai and was known as FK Trakai. Between 2014 and 2023, it played in the top level of Lithuanian football, the A Lyga.
Nerijus Valskis is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who last played as a forward for A Lyga club Kauno Žalgiris and the Lithuania national team.
Alexander Thomas Jeremejeff is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Panathinaikos. He has previously played for Örgryte IS, Qviding FIF, Malmö FF and BK Häcken. He won one cap for the Sweden national team in 2019.
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation football team was an association football team representing the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL) in 1921–1950. At the time, the sport in Finland was divided as the leftist TUL was isolated from the right-wing sports movement. In football, the TUL clubs and the Finnish Football Association (SPL) clubs competed in their own championship series and the Finnish national football team was selected of the SPL players only. The TUL football team participated the International Workers' Olympiads in 1925, 1931 and 1937 and the Moscow Spartakiad in 1928.
Richard Olav Jensen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen and the Finland national team. He has captained the Finland national under-21 football team. Jensen was born in Porvoo, Finland.
Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908.
Tuomas Ollila is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 club Paris FC, and the Finland national team.
Akseli Puukko is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club Lahti and the Finland U19 national team.
