The Centre Party of Finland is a centrist, liberal, agrarian political party in Finland.
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party, and in the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
The Battle of Tolvajärvi was fought on 12 December 1939 between Finland and the Soviet Union. It was the first large offensive victory for the Finns in the Winter War.
Matti Ensio Nykänen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time, he won five Winter Olympic medals, nine World Championship medals, and 22 Finnish Championship medals. Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete at that Olympiad.
Lukko is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Rauma, Finland. They currently play in the Finnish Liiga, the top tier of Finnish ice hockey. The club was founded in 1936 as Rauma Woodin Lukko, and play their home games in the Äijänsuo Arena which has a capacity of 5,400 spectators. They have won the Finnish championship once, in 1963. Since 2011, Lukko has also had a team in the Women's Pesäpallo Championship League (Superpesis).
Rautjärvi is a municipality of Finland.
The Bank of Finland is the central bank of Finland. It is the fourth oldest central bank in the world.
Paula Lehtomäki is a Finnish politician. She started her political career in 1996, when she was elected to the Kuhmo town council. In 1999 she was elected to the Finnish Parliament, and again in 2003. In 2002, she was elected as the vice-chairman of Keskusta. In April 2004, she was chosen as the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, making her the youngest minister in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet.
Matti Kalervo Salminen is a Finnish operatic bass singer, now semi-retired, who has sung at the most important opera houses of the world, including the Metropolitan and Bayreuth Festival.
Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Matti Lehikoinen is Finland's leading downhill cyclist. His previous achievements include 2001 junior European championship from Italy's Livigno and top-ten placings in the downhill World Cup during 2002-2004. After having ridden a few years in Team Arai/Global Racing, he joined Team Honda G Cross in 2005.
Aaro Olavi Pajari was a Major General in the Finnish Army. During World War II, he received the Mannerheim Cross of Liberty twice. Aaro Pajari is regarded as one of the bravest and most courageous men of the Finnish army in World War II. His tactical greatness, as well as his manner of leading from the front made him a great leader and led to great devotion and motivation from the troops under his command.
FC Santa Claus AC is a football club from Rovaniemi, Finland. The club was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of Rovaniemen Reipas and Rovaniemen Lappi football clubs. FC Santa Claus won its group in Kakkonen, but lost promotion play-offs final to HIFK and failed to gain promotion to the Ykkönen league in 2010.
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes is a 2006 Finnish biographical film about Finnish skijumper Matti Nykänen. The film was directed by Aleksi Mäkelä and written by Marko Leino. With 461,665 views it was the most watched film in Finland in 2006.
Matti Helminen is a Finnish racing cyclist. He finished in third place in the Finnish National Road Race Championships in 2008 and 2009.
Jukka Pellervo Tyrkkö was a Finnish war writer.
Kalevankangas Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kaleva district within the city of Tampere, Finland.
Blue Reform is a Finnish conservative political party.
Olli Pajari was a Finnish schoolteacher and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1908, representing the Finnish Party. Olli Pajari was the father of general Aaro Pajari.
