Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About 684,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.26 million in the capital region and 1.6 million in the metropolitan area. As the most populous urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant historical connections with these three cities.
The City Council of Helsinki is the main decision-making organ in the local politics of Helsinki, Finland. The City Council deals with issues such as city planning, schools, health care, and public transport.
Kaari Marjatta Utrio is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Helsinki, and has retired from the position of Professor in service of the Finnish State Commission of Fine Arts.
City-Center is a partly implemented plan to raze and rebuild the block between the central Helsinki streets of Kaivokatu, Keskuskatu and Aleksanterinkatu, creating a unified, modern appearance for the area. The plan was originally drafted between 1958 and 1960 by Viljo Revell; Heikki Castrén continued work on the plan after Revell's death in 1964. The fulfillment of the plan would have required the demolition of several old buildings that are today considered to be a vital part of Helsinki's heritage.
Pirjo Irene Honkasalo is a Finnish film director who has also worked as a cinematographer, film editor, producer, screenwriter and actress. In 1980 she co-directed Flame Top with Pekka Lehto, with whom she worked earlier and later as well. The film was chosen for the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the 1990s she focused on feature documentaries such as "The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic". Honkasalo returned to fiction with Fire-Eater (1998) and Concrete Night (2013), both of which were written by Pirkko Saisio. Concrete Night won six Jussi Awards in 2014, among them the Jussi for the Best Direction and the Jussi for the Best Film. Its world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival in Masters series.
Johanna Vuoksenmaa is a Finnish television and film director and screenwriter who has also worked as a photographer, installation artist and a teacher. Her films have been shown at numerous film festivals around the world and she has won many Finnish film and television awards for directing and screenwriting. As a director and screenwriter, Vuoksenmaa prefers the comedy genre because to her comedy means relief, forgiveness and defense. She does not use casting agencies but prefers to cast actors to her films herself, since she thinks that it creates a level of trust between the actor and the director.
Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä is a Finnish stage and independent film actress, director, acting coach, and the founder of Los Angeles–based acting studio Chekhov Studio International. Much of Mäkelä's mention in Finnish media is associated with Michael Chekhov acting technique.
This article is about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history in Finland.
Risto Kalevi Aaltonen was a Finnish actor.
Almost 18 is a 2012 Finnish film. It is the first feature film by director Maarit Lalli who also wrote the screenplay with her son Henrik Mäki-Tanila, one of the main actors in the film.
Digelius Music was a record shop and internet retailer located in Viiskulma, Helsinki, Finland. It had been functioning in more or less the same place from 1971 to 2023. Officially its business was "retail of music and video recordings." There are several record shops in the same or neighbouring blocks. As of 2024 Digelius functions as an internet retailer whose orders can be picked at Eurantie, Helsinki.
Bunny the Killer Thing is a 2015 Finnish slasher comedy film directed by Joonas Makkonen, based on his similarly titled short film. It was first screened at the Marché du Film in Cannes in May 2015, and released to cinemas in Finland on 6 November 2015.
Johanna Rytkölä is a Finnish sculptor who works in stoneware ceramics. She studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland, receiving a Master of Arts degree in the Department of Art Education in 1982, and in 1986, a Master of Arts degree in the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design. The University of Art and Design became part of the Aalto University in 2010. She received the state artist grant for a five-year period in 2008 and for one year in 2015. She lives and works in the city of Vantaa in her studio house renovated from a former grocery store building.
Ilkka Raimo Olavi “Emu” Lehtinen was a record dealer in Helsinki, Finland, a founder and the chief executive officer of the record store Digelius Music. According to Helsingin Sanomat, Lehtinen was “a local guru for people who would be curious to listen to music irrespective of genres, and a person with whose help customers would find wonderful new experiences starting from clean slate.” According to another Helsinki newspaper, Hufvudstadsbladet, Lehtinen was “a living legend in Finnish music circles”.
Marja-Leena Leinonen was a Finnish linguist.
Vantaa light rail is a planned light rail line in Vantaa, Finland that will connect Mellunkylä, Hakunila, Tikkurila, Aviapolis and Helsinki Airport. The project was formally approved by Vantaa city council on May 22, 2023. The construction is due to begin early in 2025, with a projected finishing date of 2029.
The Kiiskilä Manor is a historic estate located in the former Viipuri rural municipality, situated on the western shores of the Viipuri Bay, in the Kiiskilä village, approximately 10 km southwest of Viipuri. The manor's name derives from the Kiiskijoki river, which flows through its lands. The Kiiskilä Manor is one of the few surviving estates of the Viipuri surroundings, along with Monrepos. Its history dates back to the 1560s, and it has changed hands several times over the centuries.
Lucia Nifontova-Saurama, better known as Lucia Nifontova, was a Finnish ballet dancer and Finland’s first prima ballerina assoluta. In the 1930s and 40s she and her partner Arvo Martikainen were the leading dancers in Finland and among the foremost artists in Finnish ballet of all time periods. Her performances of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake were especially noted for their artistic accomplishment and emotional interpretation.
An Eye for an Eye is a 1999 Finnish horror drama film written and directed by Atro Lahtela. It tells the story of a woman, who is haunted by nightmares, and who returns to her old home village, finding out about the secret past of both village and her dead father. The film's actors include Meri Nenonen, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Johanna af Schultén and double role made Jani Volanen.
Shopping Tour is a 2012 Russian found footage horror comedy film directed by Michael Brashinsky. The film is about a mother and her teenage son who go on a trip to Finland together with other tourists, but when they go to explore a newly opened electronics store, they are chased by Finnish cannibals. The film stars Tatyana Kolganova and Timofey Eletskiy.
