Eero Anselm Ettala (born 17 October 1984) is a Finnish professional snowboarder. Since 2016, Ettala has also worked as a TV host in Finland. [1]
In 2010 Ettala won the slopestyle gold medal in X Games XIV. [2] In the Toyota Big Air competition he won 1st place in 2005 and 2009, 2nd place in 2004, 2006, and 2010. [3]
Ettala was one of the snowboarding stars featured in the 2014 film, Snowboarding: For me. [4] He is the focus of a 2016 documentary, Ender. [5]
In 2016 Ettala joined Finnish TV channel MTV as host for show Ota rahat ja juokse. [6] In 2018 he started to host Suomen surkein kuski for the same channel. [7]
Antti Tuisku is a retired Finnish pop singer. He finished third in the 2003 Idols talent show, the Finnish version of Pop Idol. Tuisku has sold over 300,000 records during his career in Finland.
Antti Yrjö Hammarberg, professionally known as Irwin Goodman, was a Finnish rock and folk singer. He started as a protest song singer in the folk boom of the mid-1960s; his humorous songs, often mocking the authorities, became favorites of the Finnish people; Goodman singalike contests are still held by some pubs for entertainment.
Torstein Horgmo is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. Horgmo has competed, and medalled in, a variety of slopestyle and big air snowboarding competitions. He rides regular stance.
Buddhism in Finland represents a very small percentage of that nation's religious practices. In 2015 there were estimated less than 10 000 followers of Buddhism in Finland. It's, however, hard to evaluate the exact amount of the Buddhists as many donations officially belong to a religious congregation and some of them are registered as associations rather than congregations. Furthermore, it's hard to say how many people are born into the religion and how many converts there are.
Taavi Vartia is a Finnish film director, script writer and writer. Taavi Vartia has since 1990 planned, directed and produced programmes for all of Finland's national television channels: YLE TV1, YLE TV2, MTV3 and Nelonen, across a range of genres including drama, entertainment, music, profiles and documentaries. He has been involved in the production of over 1100 episodes. Vartia has also written and directed several company- and image videos for Finnish companies. In recent years he has received recognition as a writer of young adult dramas and as a documentary film maker. Vartia has published four novels. Vartia founded Taaborin kesäteatteri/ Taabori Summer Theater in Nurmijärvi 2009 and started to run the movie theatre Kino Juha 2019.
Presidential elections were held in Finland in January and February 2012. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting between 11 and 17 January. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 February, with advance voting between 25 and 31 January. Sauli Niinistö was elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 1 March 2018.
Selviytyjät Suomi is a Finnish reality show based on Survivor. It premiered on MTV3 on 21 February 2013.
Finland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Finnish team consisted of 103 competitors who participated in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.
Ismo Mikael Leikola, sometimes known professionally as ISMO, is a Finnish comedian, musician, author, screenwriter, and YouTuber. Leikola made his United States debut in 2014, when he won the "Funniest Person in the World" competition organized by the comedy club Laugh Factory. In 2015, he made comedy series ISMO for Finnish television and moved to the United States. He gained more recognition after his appearance on the Conan talk show in 2018 and has since toured internationally. He has a YouTube channel with over 391,000 subscribers.
Niclas Benjamin Peltonen, known mononymously as Benjamin, is a Finnish singer and songwriter. He originally gained recognition through his Instagram profile, created in 2012. In May 2014, Peltonen signed a record deal with Warner Music Finland.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 63% of the vote and was re-elected for a second term, avoiding a second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every municipality and a majority in all but 13 municipalities.
Elina Maria Valtonen is a Finnish politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Petteri Orpo since 2023. A member of the National Coalition Party (NCP), she has represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since 2014. In the 2021 municipal election she collected the second-highest number of votes in Helsinki and was elected a member of its city council.
Tapio Juhani Luoma is a Finnish prelate, who has been the Archbishop of Turku and Finland and Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since 1 June 2018.
Rene Rinnekangas is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in both slopestyle and BigAir, placing 28th and 22nd respectively. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games in slopestyle earning a Silver Medal, and in BigAir, placing 5th. He competed in the 2020 Winter X Games placing 8thArchived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in the slopestyle competition, 4th in BigAir, and competed in the Wendy's Knuckle Huck ranking 5thArchived 23 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. The 2021 Winter X Games were held with no audience due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rinnekangas placed 3rdArchived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in slopestyle earning a bronze medal and placed 8thArchived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in BigAir. During the 2022 Winter X Games, Rinnekangas finished 5thArchived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in slopestyle and secured a bronze medal for 3rd placeArchived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine in Mens BigAir.
Elli Pikkujämsä is a Finnish professional footballer and former snowboarder who plays as a defender for Racing Louisville and the Finland women's national football team.
Amanda Alexandra Rantanen is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward for Linköping FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan and the Finland women's national team.
Mika Petteri Aaltola is a Finnish political scientist and a member of the European Parliament. He was the previous director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he follows and regularly comments on. Aaltola holds a doctorate in social sciences. He works as docent at Tampere University, and was a part-time professor at Tallinn University. He ran as an independent candidate for President of Finland in the 2024 presidential election.