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University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin yliopisto, Swedish: Helsingfors universitet) is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, then part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in...
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Olli Lounasmaa
Olli Viktor Lounasmaa (August 20, 1930, Turku - December 27, 2002, Goa, India) was a Finnish academician, experimental physicist and neuroscientist. He was known for his research in low temperature physics, especially for experimental proof of the...
Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈliːnɵs ˈtuːrvalds] ( listen); born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel. He later became the...
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- 1996
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- 1988
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (pronounced [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] (help·info)) (January 15, 1895 – November 11, 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Virtanen was born in Helsinki, Finland. He completed his...
Lars Ahlfors
Lars Valerian Ahlfors (April 18, 1907 – October 11, 1996) was a Finnish born mathematician, remembered for his work in the field of Riemann surfaces and his text on complex analysis.
He was born in Helsinki, Finland. His mother, Sievä Helander, died...
Alvar Palmgren
Alvar Palmgren (1880-1960) was a Finnish botanist and plant ecologist.
Palmgren studied botany at the University of Helsinki under professor J.P. Norrlin. He graduated (Fil.kand.) in 1906 and obtained his Ph.D. in 1914. He became docent of botany at...
Kaarlo Linkola
Kaarlo Linkola (born Collan) (1888–1942) was a Finnish botanist and phytogeographer.
Linkola was docent of botany at Helsinki University 1919–1922. He was professor of botany at University of Turku from 1922, and at Helsinki University from 1925 (in...
Jorma Ollila
Jorma Ollila is chairman and chief executive officer of global telecom company Nokia Corp.
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Tarja Halonen
Tarja Kaarina Halonen (help·info) (Finnish pronunciation: [tɑrjɑ kɑːrinɑ hɑlonen]; born 24 December 1943) is the 11th and current President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from...
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- 1968
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Jussi Halla-aho
Jussi Kristian Halla-aho (born 27 April 1971 in Tampere) is a Finnish Slavic linguist, blogger and a politician who has become famous for his texts that criticize Finland's policy of immigration and multiculturalism. According to Finnish newspaper...
Johan Bäckman
Erkki Johan Bäckman (born 18 May 1971) is a controversial Finnish political author, legal sociologist and criminologist, holding adjunct professorships in several Finnish universities.
He received his training in sociology at the University of...
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius ( pronunciation (help·info)) (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity.
The core of Sibelius's...
Konrad Nielsen
Konrad Hartvig Isak Rosenvinge Nielsen (28 August 1875 – 27 November 1953) was a Norwegian philologist. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Royal Frederick University (University of Oslo), as a lecturer, textbook writer, lexicographer...
Nickey Iyambo
Nickey Iyambo (born 20 May 1936) is a Namibian politician and physician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He has been the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry since 2005....
Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Tapio Lipponen ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born April 23, 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003 , and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He...
Anni Sinnemäki
Anni Milja Maaria Sinnemäki (born July 20th, 1973) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She was first elected to the parliament in 1999. She was elected chairwoman of the Green League on May...
Edvard Hjelt
Edvard Hjelt (June 28, 1855 in Vihti - July 2, 1921 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany) was a Finnish chemist, politician and a member of the Senate of Finland. Hjelt studied chemistry in Finland and in Germany and became rector of the University of...
Matti Vanhanen
Matti Taneli Vanhanen ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born November 4, 1955) is the current Prime Minister of Finland, as well as Chairman of the Keskusta (Centre Party of Finland). In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council....
Onwutalobi Anthony-Claret
Anthony-Claret is an education counselor, author, poet and activist, from Anambra,Nigeria. He is the founder and director of the Codewit Global network, an international organization which help communities and youth in Africa with educational...
