Transcript Famous people_Finland

Famous People
from Finland
Tarja Halonen
In 1906, Finland became the
first European country to grant
women the right to vote. Some
94 years later, it elected its
first female president.
 Finnish Social Democrat
Tarja Halonen (born 1943)
became Finland's first female
president in February of 2000.
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Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari
(born 23 June 1937) is the
tenth President of Finland
(1994–2000).
 Mr. Ahtisaari was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008
for his important efforts, over
more than three decades, to
resolve international conflict.
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Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish
composer of classical music.
Sibelius is considered to be one of
the most popular composers of the
late 19th and early 20th century.
 His music and genius have also
played an important role in forming
of the Finnish national identity.
 Some of his most famous
compositions are Finlandia, Valse
Triste, the violin concerto, the
Karelia Suite and The Swan of
Tuonela.
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Abseil Gallen-Kallela (26 April
1865, Pori – 7 March 1931) was a
Finnish painter who is best known
for his illustrations of the
Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
His work was considered very
important for the Finnish national
identity.
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Mika Pauli Häkkinen
He was born on 28 September
1968 in Vantaa in the Helsinki
metropolitan area.
 Häkkinen is a Finnish racing
driver and two-time Formula
One World Champion.
 Seven-time world champion
and rival Michael Schumacher
said Häkkinen is the man he
respected the most during his
Formula One career.
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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen
Räikkönen, born 17 October
1979 in Espoo, nicknamed Iceman,
is a Finnish World Rally
Championship and former Formula
One driver.
 After nine seasons racing in
Formula One in which he took the
2007 Formula One World Drivers'
Championship, he now competes in
the World Rally Championship for
the ICE 1 Racing team.
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Räikkönen at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria
Janne Petteri Ahonen
Ahonen (born May 11, 1977) is a Finnish
ski jumper who has competed in the world
cup since 1992. He is one of the most
successful ski jumpers of all time - 5
World Championahip gold medals!
 Ahonen is also all-time leader in World
Cup total points and podiums (108) and
third in victories (36), only behind Matti
Nykänen (46) and Adam Małysz (39).
 One of Ahonen's trademark features is
his apparent lack of emotion when
competing, as he is rarely seen smiling,
even when celebrating on the podium. This
has prompted the German press to
conceive him nickname "The Mask".
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Hanno Möttölä
Hanno Möttölä (born September 9,
1976 in Helsinki) is a Finnish
professional basketball player.
 Möttölä previously played for the
Atlanta Hawks in the National
Basketball Association (NBA), in the
power forward position, where he
became the first player from
Finland to play in the NBA.
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Juha Leiviskä
Juha Ilmari Leiviskä (born 17 March
1936 in Helsinki) is a prominent architect
from Finland.
 Leiviskä came to international attention
during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with
designs for churches in different parts
of Finland, each employing a similar
design language.
 "Architecture is closer to music than
to the visual arts. To qualify as
architecture, buildings, together with
their internal spaces and their details,
must be an organic part of the
environment, of its grand drama, of its
movement and of its spatial sequences.
To me, a building as it stands, "as a piece
of architecture" is nothing. Its meaning
comes only in counterpoint with its
surroundings, with life and with light.”
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St Thomas' Church in Oulu
Männistö Church in Kuopio
Presented by the Students
From “Ivan Vazov” Primary School
Vidin, Bulgaria