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Surname conventions and laws vary around the world. This article gives an overview of surnames around the world.
The Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. During the Winter War it became known as the Mannerheim Line, after Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. The line was constructed in two phases: 1920–1924 and 1932–1939. By November 1939, when the Winter War began, the line was by no means complete.
Himanka is a former municipality of Finland.
Himanka was consolidated with the neighboring town of Kalajoki on January 1, 2010.
Finland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 66 competitors, 60 men and 6 women, took part in 61 events in 13 sports.
Laine is Finnish and Estonian for "wave", and a surname in various languages. Laine is a surname originates in Finland, where it is the seventh most common surname. In Estonian, it is also a female given name.
Crowned Unholy is a seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band The Crown. It is a remake of the band's fifth studio album, Crowned in Terror, with re-recorded vocal tracks by Johan Lindstrand, re-recorded bass tracks by Magnus Olsfelt, a new version of the intro now programmed by drummer Janne Saarenpää, drum sound digitally enhanced by Janne, and synthesizer-enhanced parts, all programmed by Janne.
Steen Thychosen is a former Danish footballer, who played 252 games and scored 101 goals for Vejle Boldklub. He was a forward, who also represented German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Belgian club RWD Molenbeek and Lausanne in Switzerland. He played two games for the Denmark national football team.
Mäkinen is a surname originating in Finland, where it is the fourth most common surname.
Korhonen is a surname originating in Finland, where it is the first most common surname.
It has no transparent meaning in modern Finnish, but is likely to have been derived from the mostly archaic word 'korho'. In some dialects, this word is used to mean a person of poor hearing or a numb-witted person. On the other hand, professor Alfred Salmela suggested in 1970 that the word 'korho' is a loan from the Baltics and has meant "old, village elder or chief". It still reported to carry a meaning of "proud, rich and boastful" in the southern parts of Finnish Lapland.
Beryozovye Islands, alternatively spelled Berezovye Islands, is an island group in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The islands are situated at the head of the Gulf of Finland, just outside the town of Primorsk on the Karelian Isthmus.
The surname Palin is a name of British origin, either English or Welsh. Possible derivations include an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ap Heilyn or a reference to the English placenames Poling, West Sussex or Sea Palling, Norfolk. Independently of this, Palin also is a Swedish language surname that occurs in Sweden and Finland.
In Finland, a person must have a surname and can have up to three given names. Surnames are usually inherited patrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case.
Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland, where it is the fifth most common surname.
Seppä is a Finnish surname.
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from a word meaning "smith".
Virtanen is a surname originating in Finland, where it is the second most common surname.
Seppälä is a Finnish surname and toponym derived from the occupation of blacksmith ("seppä").
Hakala is a Finnish-language surname.
