The Finland men's national basketball team represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland.
The Nordic Music Prize is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album Of The Year, inspired by the Mercury Prize and introduced in 2010. The prize was initiated by the by:Larm conference in Norway. The first Nordic Music Prize was presented by the Prince Of Norway during by:Larm in Oslo in February 2011.
Eino Abramovich Rahja was a Finnish-Russian revolutionary who joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903, becoming aligned with the party's Bolshevik faction. Rahja organized Lenin's temporary escape to Finland in the summer of 1917. During the Finnish Civil War, Rahja was one of the most capable military leaders of the Reds. After the Reds lost the war, he fled to the Russian SFSR where he lived for the rest of his life and became, for example, a commander of the army corps (komkor) in the Red Army.
Finland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 108 competitors, 103 men and 5 women, took part in 70 events in 14 sports.
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is a Finnish academic researcher, serving as a professor of the Arabic language and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh. Before that he was a professor at the University of Helsinki.
Eila Sylvia Sammalkorpi, known by her pseudonym Eila Kivikk’aho, was a Finnish poet.
Eino Oskari Uusitalo was a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.
Arvo Jaakko Henrikki Salo was a Finnish writer, journalist and politician. He served as an MP from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 1983 and was Minister of Education and Culture from 1982 to 1983 in Kalevi Sorsa's third cabinet.
The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets.
Antti Kalevi Hyry was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 2005. In 2009 his book Uuni (Oven) won the Finlandia Prize, Finland's premier prize for literature. It details a man's reflections as he collects cement and bricks to build an oven for his home. Antti Hyry was married to Maija Hyry.
Virpi Hämeen-Anttila is a Finnish writer, translator, and researcher. She was the recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 2002 along with her husband Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, for their work in translating and promoting multicultural literature. In addition to being a best-selling novelist, she is a translator and non-fiction writer. She also teaches Sanskrit and the history of Indian art at Helsinki University.
Eino Jaakko "Jaska" Saariluoma is a Finnish actor, writer, director, stand-up comedian and television host. Saariluoma graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 1994 and has worked for several theatres, on television and in films. He is best known as a host in television programs such as Huuma and Putous.
Eino Grön, born January 31, 1939, is a Finnish American singer known for his performance of a wide range of popular music styles, including Tango, jazz, and spiritual music. Grön was born at the island of Reposaari in Pori but has lived the last 30 years mainly in Palm Beach, Florida.
The International Uuno Klami Composition Competition is a composition competition. It has been held once in five years since 2004 and it has been named after the Finnish composer Uuno Klami. It is being organized by Kansainvälisen Uuno Klami –sävellyskilpailun kannatusyhdistys ry, which consists of Kymi Sinfonietta and the cities of Kotka and Kouvola, Finland. Kymi Sinfonietta also plays the works in the finals. The main goal of the competition is to bring forward the life work of Uuno Klami and to help improve his international recognition. Moreover, the mission of the competition is to produce new repertoire for sinfonietta-sized orchestras.
The Finnish Ski Association is a skiing governing body in Finland, based in Helsinki and Lahti. It is a member of FIS, and runs cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic skiing, and alpine skiing.
Kalevi is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Jaakko Gauriloff is a Skolt Sámi singer. He is regarded as the first artist to have sung popular music in the Skolt Sámi language and is said to be the first Sámi to have published an album in Finland when he published his first record at the end of the 1960s. Although he is mostly known as a schlager singer, he can also sing traditional Skolt Sámi leuʹdds.
Jaakko Suolahti was a Finnish classical scholar and historian Suolahti was one of the leading classicists during his time and reached international recognition within the areas of political- and social culture in the Roman Republic.
Events in the year 2022 in Finland.
Jaakko Ilkka Kuusisto was a Finnish violinist, composer, and conductor.
