Juha was originally a separate folk character found in Arabic literature as early as the 9th century, and was widely popular by the 11th century.

In 2000 however, Solberg was able to leave Ford's M-Sport outfit prematurely, due to an insufficient contract, to sign with the Prodrive Subaru World Rally Team ( SWRT ), then led by a driving staff of Richard Burns and Juha Kankkunen.

The Centre Party chairman is Juha Sipilä, who was elected in June 2012 to follow Mari Kiviniemi, the ex-Prime Minister of Finland.

At roughly the same time, Aarre Merikanto composed the opera Juha to the libretto by Aino Ackté, who rejected it and asked Leevi Madetoja to compose another version instead ; Merikanto's Juha was first performed after the composers death in 1958, and is now known as one of the best Finnish operas.

Juha " Watt " Vainio was another popular song-writer, known not only for Finnish renditions of many international hits but also for his own songs and being a performer in his own right.

In the 1981 season, he was signed up for a larger WRC programme and had a new co-driver, Fred Gallagher, who would later partner Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård in a Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo.

He also drove a Ferrari 308 GTB at the San Marino Rally, where he was co-driven by Juha Piironen for the first time.

The Lancia Martini partnership in the World Rally Championship was one of the company's longest, remaining until the end of the 1992 season, with several cars, including the Group B Delta S4 and Group A Delta Integrale winning events and titles with drivers such as Juha Kankkunen, Bruno Saby, Massimo Biasion and Didier Auriol.

He was joined by his long-time co-driver Juha Repo driving a Ford Focus WRC for the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team.

In the United States, Sahti has been the subject of recent interest by homebrewers and microbreweries ; in 2008, Dogfish Head Brewery released a beer called Sah ' tea, a collaboration with Finnish brewer Juha Ikonen, that was a hybrid of traditional Sahti and Chai tea.

He was survived by his wife, Kirsti ; son, Juha ; daughters, Liisa Kylmänen and Eeva Berglund ; and five grandchildren.

Mr Berglund's son Juha Berglund, the spokesperson for the family, says that his father had several instruments, but the Stradivari was the dearest to him.

The cathedral crypt was renovated in the 1980s by architects Vilhelm Helander and Juha Leiviskä for use in exhibitions and church functions ; Helander was also responsible for conservation repairs on the cathedral in the late 1990s.

The reception of Merikanto's works of this period was mixed: the " Schott " Concerto for nine instruments was awarded in a competition organized by the German publishers Schott & Söhne, but his domestic Finnish audiences and critics were generally unenthuasistic and his opera Juha, today considered one of his major works, was never performed during Merikanto's lifetime.

In 1992, Robert L. " Nob " Rauch was elected President of WFDF and Juha Jalovaara become chair of the Ultimate Committee.

The car, though, in such capable hands across its lifespan as the four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen, ex-Subaru rally-winning and former Group A champion Kenneth Eriksson and former British Rally Champion Alister McRae, albeit the former two in the twilight of their careers, was reasonably competitive at times and showed some promise.

Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along ( both had played in Plutonium Orange ).

He was replaced by Juha Malinen.

He also was only the second driver to successfully defend his title ( after Juha Kankkunen ) and the third one to win two titles ( after Kankkunen and Walter Röhrl ).

Juha Helppi ( born 4 March 1977 ) is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki.

The judging panel included Finnish guitarist Juha Torvinen, and prizes included a custom made ' Flying Finn ' guitar and VOX BM Special amplifier donated by Queen guitarist Brian May.

Mikkola has made brief appearances since then, including re-uniting with his co-driver Gunnar Palm for the 25th anniversary run of the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally ( Mikkola won the original 1970 event and the 1995 re-run ) and competing in the London-Sydney Marathon 2000 Rally, re-united with his 1968 1000 Lakes Rally winning Ford Escort RS1600 and co-driven by his oldest son, Juha Mikkola, founder of Canada Cup ( floorball ).

A tweaked version of the HF dominated the World Rally Championship, scoring 46 WRC victories overall and winning the Constructors Championship a record six times in a row from 1987 to 1992, in addition to Drivers ' Championship titles for Juha Kankkunen ( 1987 and 1991 ) and Miki Biasion ( 1988 and 1989 ).

The pair retired from the event, but Piironen would become his main co-driver for the next two seasons, and later have a long and successful partnership with four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen.

Burns moved to the Prodrive-run Subaru World Rally Team under David Richards for the 1999 season, joining Juha Kankkunen and Bruno Thiry as part of the factory team driving Subaru Impreza WRCs, replacing Ford-bound fellow Briton, Colin McRae.

Juha ’ s Dhow and Lagoon is Wild Wadi's play area for children and has over 100 water games / rides.

Drivers such as Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen, Possum Bourne and Tommi Mäkinen all competed for the team.

Also a recognized lyricist, Alanko won the Juha Vainio Writer's Award ( Juha Vainio-sanoittajapalkinto ) in 2003 for his song texts.

She provided the libretto for Aarre Merikanto's opera Juha.

* Interview with Juha Raivio for " Emerald Forest and the Blackbird " published on 02 / 25 / 2012

Salonen then remained at Peugeot for the 1986 season, and finished third in the drivers ' championship, behind his new team-mate Juha Kankkunen and Lancia driver Markku Alén.

In another case in Sweden, the 1988 Åmsele murders, the girlfriend was sentenced to two years for doing nothing to prevent Juha Valjakkala from committing a triple murder.

He finished the WRC season in third place in the standings behind the dominant Subaru World Rally Team pairing of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz, after the Toyota Castrol Team pairing of Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol were excluded from the championship for running illegal turbo restrictors.

Along with meeting commercial success, the singer — who writes and composes the songs by herself — has also been credited for her songwriting skills by receiving the Juha Vainio Award.

In July 2010, Vilkkumaa was awarded the prestigious Juha Vainio Award worth € 6, 000 for her merits as the " pioneer songwriter of her generation ".

In 1984, Peugeot returned to the World Rally Championship and, in 1985 and 1986, the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Group B driven first by Timo Salonen then by Juha Kankkunen obtained stunning results ( back-to-back manufacturers ’ World Championship titles ).

* Juha ( opera ) completed 1922, first performed 1963

Mouton started well and tied the lead with Toyota's Juha Kankkunen after the first day.

In November 2004, he won the Monte Carlo Millions, defeating fellow countryman Juha Helppi in the final heads-up confrontation to take home the $ 400, 000 first prize.

In July 2005, he won first place in the Major Grand Prix de Paris event of the World Poker Tour ( WPT )' s fourth season, defeating former champion Juha Helppi in the final heads-up battle.

* Juha Kankkunen – four time World Rally Champion

* Juha Salminen – twelve time World Enduro Champion

In early 2007, a Bentley Continental GT Speed equipped with Nokian Hakkapeliitta Sport Utility 5 studded winter tyres and driven by four-time World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen, broke the World Speed Record on Ice-on the frozen Baltic Sea near Oulu, Finland.

Finland has also produced most of the world's best rally drivers, including the ex-WRC World Champion drivers Marcus Grönholm, Juha Kankkunen, Hannu Mikkola, Tommi Mäkinen, Timo Salonen and Ari Vatanen.

Having become unequivocal team leader in the aftermath of team-mate Henri Toivonen's death in Corsica the following year, Alén narrowly lost the 1986 World Rally Championship to rival driver, Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 pilot Juha Kankkunen.