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The Finnish protest song " Laiva Toivo, Oulu " () is set to the melody of " Marching Through Georgia ", but with Finnish-language lyrics criticizing the actions of the captain of the titular frigate Toivo.
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Finnish and protest
In 2008, the Finnish government revoked a 1. 95 million euro aid package meant for Nicaragua in protest of what it alleged was a lack of transparency in Nicaragua's national budget and its municipal elections.
From the late 1960s, Irwin Goodman ( a. k. a. Antti Hammarberg ), combining iskelmä and protest songs, would gain popularity with the humorous tunes penned by Vexi Salmi, who would become one of the most laborious writer of lyrics also for other Finnish artists.
One theory has it that the reason for boxer / politician Tony Halme's popularity in one of the Finnish elections was because he was being used as a protest vote.
He changed his name permanently to Susitaival in protest against the Svecoman sentiment in the Finnish Army, after attending an Army Cadet School church services where the Swedish-speaking cadets would not take communion with Finnish-speaking cadets.
The event in Tampere sparked a protest demonstration by the Finnish Anti-Fascist Committee.
Finnish and song
* Two Witches, a Finnish Gothic rock band, created a song in the early 1990s called " Mircalla ", inspired by the novel.
The Finnish metal band Nightwish mentions Carter in the song " Tutankhamun " on its début album Angels Fall First: " For Carter has come / To free my beloved ".
* The Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn has a song called Sampo on their 2010 album End of Eden.
* The Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis has a song called Sampo on their 2009 album " Skyforger ".
* " Grey ", a song from the album Paris Kills by the Finnish gothic rock band The 69 Eyes
The refrain of the song " Ludvig van Beethoven " from the Finnish popular-music band SIG is " And nobody has heard about rock ' n ' roll or Ulrike Meinhof's death ".
Another Finnish patriotic song, Sotilaspoika, composed by Pacius, also includes similarities with Papst und Sultan.
* The Finnish band Aarni has released one song in Enochian: " All Along The Watchtowers ".
* Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica's album Reckoning Night contains a song entitled " My Selene " that is based on the myth of Selene and Endymion.
* Finnish rock band Nightwish released the song " Nemo " on their 2004 release Once.
Yet, the people of Estonia could often hear the melody, as Finland's state broadcaster Yleisradio, whose radio and television broadcasts were received in Northern Estonia, played an instrumental version of the Finnish national anthem, identical to this song ( except for an additional repetition of the last verse in the Finnish version ), at closedown every night.
*" Rasputin " ( Turisas song ), cover of the Farian song " Rasputin " by the Finnish band Turisas
In 2003, the Finnish rock band HIM released the album Love Metal, which contains a song ( and the corresponding music video ) called " The Funeral of Hearts ".
In 2010, the Finnish rock band HIM released the album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1-13, which contains a song called " Love, the Hardest Way.
He appeared with actress / singer Birgit Kronström in the 1941 romantic comedy " Onnellinen ministeri " (" Happy Minister "), which included the famous song " Katupoikien Laulu ", remade by other Finnish pop singers including Katri Helena.
* Finnish band Ensiferum wrote a song " Old Man " that contains two verses from Johan Ludvig Runeberg's work " The Cloud ’ s Brother ", where a dead hero ’ s girl shows her loss and pride by saying:
The song " Solitude " was featured as the leitmotif of main character, Zombie, in the 1991 motion picture Zombie ja Kummitusjuna ( Zombie and The Ghost Train ) by Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki.
McCoy also became the first Finnish artist to have a gold record in the US, when Samantha Fox recorded a cover of The Suicide Twins ' song " The Best Is Yet to Come ".
* The epic / gothic metal group Battlelore, a Finnish band whose every song deals with Middle-earth, in their album Sword's Song have a track entitled " The War of Wrath ".
* Finnish metal band Kiuas ´ song " Bleeding Strings " from their 2006 album Reformation is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell.
The Anglo-French attack on Åland and Suomenlinna has been made into a Finnish song called " Oolannin sota ".
Iskelmä ( coined directly from the German word Schlager, meaning hit ) is a traditional Finnish word for a light popular song.
In 2000 the band participated in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision song contest, and ended in second place.
Finnish and Toivo
* In Finnish language first translations were made by Toivo Lyy in 1929.
In 1931, Finnish aero engineer Toivo J. Kaario began designing a developed version of a vessel using an air cushion and built a prototype ( Surface Soarer ), in 1937.
Toivo Aarne Loukola ( October 2, 1902, Kortesjärvi – January 10, 1984 ) was a Finnish athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| 1477 Bonsdorffia || 1938 CC || Toivo Ilmari Bonsdorff, Finnish astronomer and founder of the Geodetic Institute of Finland †
** Toivo Aro, Finnish diver
The law limited criminal liability to the highest leadership ; only politicians and the Finnish war-time ambassador in Berlin, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, could be prosecuted.
After divorcing her first husband in 1948, Slioor became a single parent and continued working as a model and also appeared in the Finnish film Tanssi yli hautojen ( Dancing on Graves ), which was directed by Toivo Särkkä and written by Mika Waltari.
Finnish and Oulu
Kokkola is located on the coast of Gulf of Bothnia, and the coastal European route E8 ( Finnish highway 8 ) goes through, connecting Oulu and Turku via Vaasa.
After completing his military service ( Ahtisaari holds the rank of captain in the Finnish Army Reserve ), he began to study through a distance-learning course at Oulu teachers ' college.
In Finland, the Elämän Sana (" the Word of life ") group, as the most " mainline " of the different branches of Laestadianism, has been prominent within the hierarchy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Two members have been elected bishops of Oulu, and one has served as Chaplain General ( head chaplain of the Finnish Defence Forces and the equivalent of a Major General ).
While working at the University of Oulu in August 1988, he wrote the first IRC server and client programs, which he produced to replace the MUT ( MultiUser Talk ) program on the Finnish BBS OuluBox.
Also since the 1990s it has a friendship with the Finnish Province of Oulu.
The main purpose of the new building is to support the internationalization of Oulu and give the international students a better access to Finnish culture and local people.
The last action of the Finnish Navy was during the amphibious landing of troops from Oulu in Tornio.
When Finland gained its independence in 1917 only a small fraction of the Orthodox Karelians lived in the Finnish Karelia, and in three villages of Oulu province.
At Helsinki, he allows 34 passengers off the plane, which he then forces to fly back to Oulu, where he receives a ransom payment from Finnair, then back to Helsinki, where he receives more money from a Finnish newspaper and releases the remaining 11 passengers.
In 1980, Oulu University professor Jouko Vahtola presented that there is no evidence of the name " Kainuu " being of Western Finnish origin and considered it to have Eastern Finnish roots.
Encouraged by the new finds, late Professor Kyösti Julku ( Oulu University ) presented a theory of the Kvens being early permanent Finnish inhabitants of Northern Finland and Norrbotten.
Catamenia is a Finnish black metal band founded in 1995 by Riku Hopeakoski and Mika Tönning in Oulu.
Heidi Anneli Hautala ( born 14 November 1955 in Oulu ) is a Finnish politician ( Greens ), currently serving as Minister for International Development and ownership steering issues in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.
Oulu Airport is also extensively used by the Finnish Air Force for training purposes.
The Finnish national road 22 between Oulu and Kajaani passes through the municipal center.
At the same time, on the other side of the Bothnian Gulf, the Finnish main railway to Oulu had almost been completed, and would soon be of great use for the Russians to transport military personnel and supplies towards the Swedish border in case of war.
The immigration of Finns gave birth to a strong Finnish American culture, especially in cities such as Duluth and Detroit, and many villages were named after places in Finland ( such as Savo, South Dakota, and Oulu, Wisconsin ).
Leevi Antti Madetoja ( 17 February 1887, Oulu – 6 October 1947, Helsinki ) was a Finnish composer.
Esko Olavi Seppänen ( born on 15 February 1946 in Oulu ) is a Finnish politician representing Left Alliance.
Outi Alanne ( born 4 May 1967, in Oulu ) is a Finnish writer, also known by the pseudonym NeitiNaru.
Oulun Luistinseura ( or OLS ) is a Finnish multi-sports club, based in Oulu.
AC Oulu ( ACO ) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu.
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