29-05-2002 16:22									#1
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It would be nice to know the extent in which these people are known outside Finland. Select the persons on the list that you have heard of.

Hope this is not considered a copycat thread.

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	29-05-2002 16:41									#2
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I know them all!

You didn't include Urho "Kekkonen Kekkonen Kekkonen" Kekkonen!

Jorma Ollila seems to be missing, too...

	29-05-2002 17:01									#3
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I know everybody but two, Antti Hulko and Larry Thorne

And you also forgot whatshisname that direct crappy action movies in Hollywood... And not to forget JL Runeberg

	29-05-2002 17:02									#4
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Well, there can only be 16 options... very many people had to be dropped from the list, including Kekkonen, Ollila, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mikael Forssell, Saku Koivu, Harri Holkeri, Max Jakobson, Sirkka Hämäläinen, Marcus Grönholm, Runeberg... ... ...

	29-05-2002 17:10									#5
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and Zacharias Topelius and Arvo Tuominen communist and author of "Sirpin ja vasaran tie" and Väinö Linna and...

Ok, now you´re just showing off...

	29-05-2002 17:12									#6
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You even spelled them correctly

	29-05-2002 17:15									#7
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Oh, Kamrat: Don't forget Otto-Ville Kuusinen (Where from the name OttoK comes from ), The 'prime minister' of the 'puppet government' in Finland during WW2 - He was a HC-communist

	29-05-2002 17:30									#8
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Actually, after his charade as a Soviet stooge-of-a-prime-minister, Otto Wille Quislinginen was a moderately high shot in the Soviet government, where he was considered a moderate. Then again, this is Soviet Union we're talking 'bout.

	29-05-2002 17:36									#9
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo Oh, Kamrat: Don't forget Otto-Ville Kuusinen (Where from the name OttoK comes from ), The 'prime minister' of the 'puppet government' in Finland during WW2 - He was a HC-communist

Yes, how could I forget OttoK But since he was a Mosow puppet he´s not my kind of communist. At least Tuominen saw the error of his ways and choose the path that lead away from Stalins perverted massmurder project (ie the Soviet Union).

Aivo: Paljon kiitoksia! I try to get my spelling as correct as possible, but it wasn´t hard. All I had to do was look in my book shelf

	29-05-2002 17:42									#10
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Väinö Linna, "Tuntematon Sotilas"
Considering the quality of finnish books and films about the war I'd love to see finns take over hollywoods production of wars films, then we would get some real films!

	29-05-2002 18:26									#11
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Kropotkin, be carefull what you wish for.. renny harlin is considering on filming the story of Mannerheim.. though i'm not sure which era of his career it would consentrate on...maybe warstuff made in hollywood style.. i don't know.

i don't think it should be filmed though, because it's doomed to fail.

	29-05-2002 18:29									#12
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YAY! I actually know one! Go Teemu!

(That Finnish snowboarder is prolly there too, but I can't remember his name.)

	29-05-2002 18:30									#13
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Yaargh! Argh! No!

	29-05-2002 18:31									#14
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...or was it Jude Law?

	29-05-2002 18:33									#15
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There are so many finns well known in snowboarding, but i think you mean Heikki Sorsa..

And Larry Thorne is also known as Lauri Törni (he's real name).

	29-05-2002 18:34									#16
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Jorma ollila the CEO of Nokia?


Nokianism

	29-05-2002 18:35									#17
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous (That Finnish snowboarder is prolly there too, but I can't remember his name.)

Heikki Sorsa?

	29-05-2002 18:51									#18
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Glad to see this concept will likely catch on.

I knew Alvar Aalto, Martti Ahtisaari, Mika Häkkinen, Jari Litmanen, Gustaf Mannerheim, Paavo Nurmi, Jean Sibelius, Linus Torvalds and Mika Waltari.

Lots of skiers could no doubt have been included and I think Urho Kekkonen would've been a familiar person to a decent amount of foreigners as well. Not to mention the pioneer in modern sanitation, W.C. Hygieinen...

Is it my imagination, or did a fair number of Finns vote on this poll? All the choices seem to have a fair amount of votes. Only Finns could know that much about other Finns.

	29-05-2002 18:54									#19
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Nooo! Everybody knows everything about Finland.

	29-05-2002 18:54									#20
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Winston: impressive

I think there have been 5-6 Finnish voters

	29-05-2002 18:56									#21
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The answer begins with an "N"

	29-05-2002 18:58									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu Nooo! Everybody knows everything about Finland.

Maybe 'cause there's about one million finns here that constantly starts threads about some obscure finnish happening or personality. Even if one is not the least bit interested one more or less have to read the titles of the threads to find something interesting about something else in the midst of 'em.

	29-05-2002 19:01									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Aivo½so It would be nice to know the extent in which these people are known outside Finland. Select the persons on the list that you have heard of.

hi ,

Satu Hassi and Lipponen , ........

not on list , .....


off topic ; where can one get Finnish Euro's , ....who wants to sent them , ....for an other country of course , ......

have a nice day

	29-05-2002 19:04									#24
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I think many can also identify Ville Valo.. as the lead singer in HIM. But i think he can not be considered as person because he's in a band..

	29-05-2002 20:01									#25
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I considered putting Valo on the list as the representant of Finnish pop musicians but then, for some reason, decided for Andy McCoy instead. It seems he's actually rather unknown to foreigners.

So, the Finns that are best known abroad seem to be Häkkinen and Torvalds...

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	29-05-2002 20:10									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Aivo½so So, the Finns that are best known abroad seem to be Häkkinen and Torvalds...

Who's Torvalds? ... (ducking and running)

	29-05-2002 20:43									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Ralph Who's Torvalds? ... (ducking and running)

	29-05-2002 21:38									#28
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I know all of these except McCoy, Thorne and Waltari.

I also know a lot of Karjalainen jokes. Where's he?

Oh, and the greatest poet ever to grace the Swedish language, Edith Södergran. She should be on there.

	29-05-2002 21:47									#29
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I know like a hand full of them, certainly less than of the Danes, not by far though.

I know Ahtisaari (politician, basically ended the Yugoslavia vs NATO thing), Häkkinen (F1), Litmanen (footy), Thorvalds (software stuff).

	29-05-2002 21:50									#30
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Where's Hannu Mikkola?