Finland also won gold in the 4 x 10 km relay, ahead of Norway, but Hakulinen was not on the team ( which had Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, and Tapio Mäkelä ).

His wife joined him at Toruń in December, but in April 1712 a peremptory ukase ordered him off to the army in Pomerania, and in the autumn of the same year he was forced to accompany his father on a tour of inspection through Finland.

Immediately on his return from Finland, Alexei was dispatched by his father to Staraya Russa and Lake Ladoga to see to the building of new ships.

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland.

When Aalto was 5 years old, the family moved to Alajärvi, and from there to Jyväskylä in Central Finland.

This was during the Second World War, and he involved his students in designing low-cost, small-scale housing for the reconstruction of war-torn Finland.

Weil was in Finland when World War II broke out ; he had been traveling in Scandinavia since April 1939.

Weil was mistakenly arrested in Finland at the outbreak of the Winter War suspected of spying ; however, accounts of his life having been at danger have been shown to be exaggerated.

Colonel Kari Renko, an engineer at the Finnish Air Force, was quoted by Helsingin Sanomat as saying about this failure, " The problem involves the rocket engines which have been in use for decades " and that Finland first was told of the problems by the Americans about two years ago.

* In addition, Finnish, a Baltic-Finnic language, has calqued the Swedish term as Itämeri " East Sea ", disregarding the geography ( the sea is west of Finland ), though understandably since Finland was a part of Sweden from the Middle Ages until 1809.

In 2011, the Gulf of Finland was completely frozen on 15 February.

This was also seen in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Pacific, Scandinavia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico.

However, the Canal du Midi was built using concrete in 1670, and there are concrete structures in Finland that date from the 16th century.

It was however the lumber industry that continued to dominate the city, drawing in a large immigrant labor force, most of whom were Swedish ( two of Cadillac's sister cities are Mölnlycke, Sweden, and Rovaniemi, Finland ).

The first population census was taken in 1749 when Finland was a part of Sweden.

This endogamy limitation wasn't limited to royalty ; in Finland, for example, it was a crime-until modern times-to seduce and defraud into marriage by declaring a false social class.

His father, Donald Walton Lynch, was a research scientist working for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and his mother, Edwina " Sunny " Lynch ( née Sundholm ), was an English language tutor whose grandfather's parents had immigrated to the United States from Finland in the 19th century.

On the Danish flag, the cross design, which represents Christianity, was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries ; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Åland Islands and the Faroe Islands, as well as the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney.

Inspired by the minority language example of Norsk Allkunnebok, a Swedish-language encyclopedia of Finland was initiated in 1969 and eventually published as Uppslagsverket Finland ( 3 volumes, 1982 – 1985 ; 2nd edition in 5 volumes, 2003 – 2007 ).

Because of its graphic violence and terror, the original version of the movie was banned in several countries, including Finland, Germany, Iceland and Ireland.

In Finland, The Evil Dead was later released uncut on DVD by Future Film, and rated K-18.

Rolf Nevanlinna was chosen to be the chairman of the committee, as a non-political person respected in Germany but loyal to Finland.

Despite this, " Maria " was chosen as the album's second single, and became a breakthrough hit, reaching number one in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Turkey, and the entire continent of South America.

On 31 March 1999, Jeremies scored his first and only international goal, helping to a 2 – 0 home win against Finland for the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, which was later chosen as Goal of the Month in Germany ; however, he was dropped from the national team during the build up to the finals, after calling the Erich Ribbeck-led side " pityful ".

The usual English language terms used are separate for the two countries, where Sweden has chosen to translate the term as " county " while Finland prefers " province ".

Nevertheless, a few months later the Lapua Movement was capable of not only demanding " their man " appointed President of Finland by the Collegium of Electors, which only weeks before had been chosen in nation-wide voting, but a sufficient number of the electors followed the Lapua Movement's request, disregarding the intentions they had declared during the election campaign.

It was chosen as the Theatre of the Year in 2003 and continues to attract ambitious actors and theatre directors, as well as a wealth of audience from across Finland.

This was the sweet chosen to represent Finland in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.

Independent Finland was decided to be a constitutional monarchy and the German emperor's cousin, Prince of Hessen, Friedrich Karl was chosen the first king.

He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.

Roope Latvala ( founding member of Stone, one of the bands which started the heavy metal movement in Finland ) assumed the position of rhythm guitarist, Marco Hietala ( from Tarot ) became the bassist and Tonmi Lillman was chosen as the new drummer.

In the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1809, when Sweden lost the areas which constitute present-day Finland to Imperial Russia, the river was together with the Muonio River and Könkämä River chosen as border between Sweden and the new Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, thus splitting the provinces of Lappland and Västerbotten.

After Finland had been ceded to Russia ( as a consequence of the Swedish – Russian war of 1808 – 1809 ), Erik Brenner's version of the lion was chosen by the authorities as the model for the new coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire.

Rally Finland was chosen the " Rally of the Year " for the third year in a row in 2004.

In 1747, he was chosen by king Frederick I of Sweden to design and construct a maritime fortress near Helsinki in Finland, then a part of the Kingdom of Sweden.

He was chosen as the club's first choice goalkeeper, above Finland international Peter Enckelman, for the start of the season by manager Dave Jones, and played in every match until late November, with the exception of the Carling Cup third round tie against Swansea City, when he was replaced by Enckelman.

On February 17, 2007, it was announced that Pakarinen had been chosen to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki with the song " Leave Me Alone ", the first commercial single from her new album and her third commercial single overall.

He was chosen as the first choice goalkeeper over Finland international Peter Enckelman by manager Dave Jones, making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 4 – 0 win over Scunthorpe United before conceding his first goal in a 1 – 1 draw with Blackpool in the following match.

From an initial list of 24, a short list of 3 were chosen, which included Shopping Centre Sello in Finland ( 84, 000 sq m ), Silesia City Centre, in Poland ( 65, 000 sq m ) and Dundrum Town Centre ( 79, 000 sq m ).

Alexander was chosen to represent Ireland at the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Helsinki, Finland in September 2011, where he also claimed the top prize against 38 international countries.

According to the Press ' website: " Small Beer Press books have: won the Philip K. Dick Award ; sold reprint rights to the UK, Finland, Japan, Turkey, Hungary, Latin America, Romania, Russia, and Italy ; been nominated for the Impac Prize and finalists for the Story Prize, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards ; been chosen as best of the year by Booklist, Time Magazine, Salon, Village Voice, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Locus among others ; been reprinted by Penguin and iBooks ; been Book Sense picks ; been excerpted on Salon. com ; and have received starred reviews in Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal ".

He went on to score six goals in 32 league appearances in his first season and was chosen to play in the Finland Under-21 team.