Kuopio Province information

Kuopio Province (Finnish: Kuopion lääni, Swedish: Kuopio län, Russian: Куопиоская губерния) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province...

Kuopio (/kuˈoʊpioʊ/ KUO-pi-ou, Finnish: [ˈkuo̯pio] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland...

Eino Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen (21 February 1914 – 21 February 1999) was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German...

1997, the Mikkeli Province, the Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province were joined to form the new Eastern Finland Province. All the provinces...

devoted vegetarian and bricklayer by trade, was from a sportive family from Kuopio – his brothers William and Tatu were also strong long-distance runners....

separated from the Vaasa Province. Minor parts of Häme Province, Kuopio Province and Mikkeli Province were also merged to the new province. In 1997 it was reunited...

Eino Kettunen (May 13, 1894 - August 15, 1964) was a Finnish composer and lyricist. He is the author of the polka song Ievan polkka, which achieved viral...

Lauri Soininen (1 April 1875 - 2 September 1919) was a Finnish journalist and poet. He was the son of Eerik Soininen and Brita Kaisa Similä. He made his...

born in 1904. The family moved along with Juho Kekkonen's forestry work to Kuopio in 1906 and to Lapinlahti in 1908. The family had to live modestly but did...

Rolf Herman Nevanlinna (né Neovius; 22 October 1895 – 28 May 1980) was a Finnish mathematician who made significant contributions to complex analysis....

David (Tatu) Nissinen (22 August 1883 – 2 February 1966) was a Finnish agronomist and politician, born in Maaninka. He was a member of the Parliament of...

Pekka Halonen (23 September 1865 – 1 December 1933) was a Finnish painter of landscapes and people in the national romantic and Realist styles. Pekka Halonen...

the province were transferred to the Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into...

Juho Heimonen (14 July 1861 in Rautalampi – 11 October 1930) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as a Member of the Parliament of Finland from...

Pekka Tanskanen (26 May 1866 – 11 March 1946) was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in Juuka. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1917...

Heikki Taskinen (27 March 1888, in Nilsiä – 25 April 1952) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919...

Johannes Ilmari Tossavainen (25 July 1887, Keitele - 26 January 1978) was a Finnish cooperative manager and politician. He was a member of the Parliament...

Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt (11 September 1861 – 8 August 1921), was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize...

Helena Vatanen (née Immonen; 28 December 1871, in Eno – 16 April 1937) was a Finnish farmworker's wife and politician. She was a member of the Parliament...

Hannes Volotinen (15 August 1911, in Ilomantsi – 20 May 1980) was a Finnish politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the...

Aukusti (August) Turunen (19 November 1888 – 18 December 1967) was a Finnish smallholder and politician, born in Kuopion maalaiskunta. He was a member...

Lassi Hiekkala (23 November 1888 in Kuopion maalaiskunta – 5 October 1951; name until 1907 Lauri Hoffrén) was a Finnish journalist and politician. He began...

Turku and Pori Province (Russian: Або-Бьернеборгская губерния, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län, Finnish: Turun ja Porin lääni) Kuopio Province (Russian: Куопиоская...

Vilho Hirvensalo (3 March 1881 – 7 January 1937; original surname Lagus) was a Finnish agronomist, farmer and politician, born in Iisalmi. He was a member...

Eero Antikainen (5 January 1906 - 29 January 1960) was a Finnish sawmill worker, trade union leader and politician, born in Vehmersalmi. He served as Deputy...

Eino Emil (Eino E.) Heikura (18 October 1893 – 19 March 1962) was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in Nurmes. He was a member of the Parliament of...