The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo, a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The mission of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is to record, document, and exhibit objects, photographs, and printed materials related to Finnish ice hockey. The original Kanada-malja and the Aurora Borealis Cup are on display along with a number of active-use Liiga awards and hockey memorabilia including sweaters and game-used gear from past seasons.
Aku-Heikki Ilmari Hirviniemi is a Finnish actor.
Iina Kuustonen is a Finnish actress.
Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman, professionally known as Mikael Gabriel or MG, is a Finnish rapper. He has released six solo albums and appeared as a featured guest on songs by artists such as Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. In 2016 Mikael Gabriel made his acting debut in a horror film Bodom, inspired by the 1960 Lake Bodom murders, and also appeared in the Antti Jokinen film Pahan kukat. He participated in the fifth season of the music reality television series Vain elämää and was one of the judges on the second season of the Finnish version of X Factor in 2018.
Joanna Haartti is a Finnish actress. She is best known for her theatrical work, but has also appeared in several films and on television.
Kasper Kaan Kairinen is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Finland national team.
Roba is a Finnish police drama television series. The series follows the daily life of Helsinki Police Department's uniformed police unit located on the Pieni Roobertinkatu ("Roba") street. The series stars Kari Hietalahti, Aku Hirviniemi, Aarni Kivinen, Leena Pöysti, Riku Nieminen, and Tiina Lymi. Many of its episodes are directed by Joona Tena and Aleksi Mäkelä.
Iara Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She moved to Finland in 2014 to start a professional career in the music industry. She was selected to take part on The Voice of Finland in 2017. In her blind audition, she sang Corinne Bailey Rae's song "Put Your Records On" and two coaches turned the chair for her. Anna Puu and Olli Lindholm. She chose to take part on Anna's team.
The 2019–20 SM-liiga season was the 45th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The last two game days of the regular season were scheduled to be played in front of an empty arena due to the Finnish government advising that all public events with more than 500 attendees would be cancelled or postponed. On 13 March, the rest of the season, which included the final round of the regular season and all of playoffs, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elisa Holopainen is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML) with KalPa Kuopio. One of the most dominant players active in the Naisten Liiga, she has been named the Naisten Liiga Player of the Year three times, Best Forward five times, and is a five-time All-Star team selection.
The Marianne Ihalainen Award an ice hockey trophy seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the regular season top point scorer of the Naisten Liiga, known as the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. It is named after Marianne Ihalainen, former SM-sarja forward and one of the most accomplished women in the history of Finnish ice hockey.
The Tiia Reima Award is an ice hockey trophy seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the top goal scorer of the Naisten Liiga regular season. It is named after Tiia Reima, one of the trailblazers of women's ice hockey in Finland and sole possessor of fifth on the list of all-time goals in the Naisten Liiga, though she was never the single-season top goal scorer in the league.
The Riikka Nieminen Award is an ice hockey trophy, seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the Naisten Liiga Player of the Year. It is named after Riikka Sallinen, now retired, who is widely considered the best European women’s ice hockey player to ever compete internationally.
Masked Singer Suomi is a Finnish reality singing competition television series based on the Masked Singer franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show King of Mask Singer. It premiered on MTV3 on 14 March 2020, and is hosted by Ilkka Uusivuori and the panelists are Janne Kataja, Jenni Kokander and Maria Veitola.
The Karoliina Rantamäki Award is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the playoff MVP of the Naisten Liiga, called the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. The Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP trophy was first awarded in the 1999–2000 season and the first recipient was forward Kati Kovalainen of Espoo Blues Naiset.
The Sari Fisk Award is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the player with the best plus–minus at the end of the regular season of the Naisten Liiga.
Suurmestari is a Finnish entertainment program on MTV3 that started on April 12, 2020, based on the British Taskmaster television format. Competitors perform various tasks that they receive from the Grand Master.
Erika Vikman is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career as a Finnish tango singer, Vikman first received recognition after winning Tangomarkkinat in 2016. She later received further nationwide attention following the release of the single "Cicciolina" in 2020, which became her first top five hit in Finland. Her debut self-titled studio album was released the following year, and topped the charts in Finland.
Markkus Pulk, professionally known as Nublu, is an Estonian rapper.
The Hannu Saintula Award is a seasonal ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the Naisten Liiga Coach of the Year.
