Todd Harry Rundgren is an American musician,singer,songwriter,and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music,his occasionally lavish stage shows,and his later experiments with interactive art. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies,such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s.
Mikael Agricola was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden,including Finland,which was a Swedish territory at the time. He is often called the "father of literary Finnish".
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer,comedian,and inventor. During his career he directed,wrote,produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions,including the comedy Spede Show and the game-show Speden Spelit. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows,often made quickly and on a low budget,usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company,Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky.
Martti Juhani Miettunen,was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's prime minister,from 1961 to 1962 and again from 1975 to 1977.
Simo is a municipality located in the province of Lapland,Finland,about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the Swedish border.
The Centre Party,officially the Centre Party of Finland,is an agrarian political party in Finland.
Ruokolahti is a municipality of Finland,situated in south-eastern Finland,in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra,Lappeenranta,Taipalsaari,Puumala,Sulkava,Punkaharju,Parikkala and Rautjärvi. Ruokolahti covers an area of 1,219.85 square kilometres (470.99 sq mi) of which 23% is water.
Simo Häyhä,often referred to by his nickname,The White Death,was a Finnish military sniper in World War II during the 1939–1940 Winter War against the Soviet Union. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. He is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the Winter War,the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Because of this,he is often regarded as the deadliest sniper of all time.
Rautjärvi is a municipality in the South Karelia region of Finland. The municipality has a population of 3,101 (28 February 2023) and covers an area of 401.89 square kilometres (155.17 sq mi) of which 50.25 km2 (19.40 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.8/sq mi). More than half of Rautjärvi's residents live in Simpele,the administrative center of the municipality.
Rosa Anneli Meriläinen is Finnish former politician from Tampere. Meriläinen has a master's degree in political science from the University of Tampere. She was elected to the parliament of Finland in 2003. She represents the Green League. Before that,she was the co-president of the green league and an assistant to Satu Hassi.
Kuopion Palloseura is a Finnish football club,based in the eighth most populated city of Finland,Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League,Veikkausliiga.
Onni Palaste,born Onni Bovellan was a Finnish Winter War veteran and writer.
Rundgren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Simo Kaarlo Antero Parpola is a Finnish Assyriologist specializing in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Professor emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki.
"Can We Still Be Friends" is a song written and originally performed by Todd Rundgren.
Simo Paavilainen is a Finnish architect,and former Dean and Professor of Architecture at Helsinki University of Technology Department of Architecture.
Simo Veli Atte Salminen was a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen,usually playing his sidekick in some fashion.
Simo-Pekka Olli is a professional volleyball player from Finland.
HIFK is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki,Finland that plays in the Liiga,the sport's top-level league in Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall.
Simo can be a Finnish given name or a Serbian male given name. People named Simo include:
