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Hannu Sulo Salama (born 4 October 1936) is a Finnish author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 and 1973. Hannu Salama was born...

Moominvalley (Swedish: Mumindalen, Finnish: Muumilaakso) is a fictional place, where the Moomins live in the tales by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Especially...

Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. The Sami Sun-deity is usually...

Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish. Her oeuvre consists...

Helsinki Book Fair (Finnish: Helsingin Kirjamessut) is an annual trade fair for books held since 2001. It is held in October in Helsinki Exhibition and...

Tommi Liimatta (born 14 January 1976 in Kemi, Finland) is a musician, writer and a poet most famous for being the singer, songwriter and lyricist for the...

Tarmo Koivisto (born 3 July 1948 in Orivesi) is a Finnish comics artist and writer, cartoonist, and graphic artist. Who's Who 2011, p. 394. Helsinki: Otava...

Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish (Finnish: Kielitoimiston sanakirja, previously known as the New Dictionary of Modern Finnish) is the most recent dictionary...

Sinikka Laine-Törmänen (born 17 October 1945) is a Finnish author primarily of young adult fiction. Her first novel Ohari was published in 1982. Laine...

A Nail Merchant at Nightfall (Finnish: Neljä päivänlaskua) is a 1949 novel by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari. It is a fictionalised and humorous account...

Anna-Leena Härkönen (born 10 April 1965) is a Finnish writer and actress. She was born in Liminka and studied acting at the college of drama and the University...

The Tietosanakirja ("Encyclopedia", lit. "knowledge word-book", "knowledge dictionary"), published in 11 volumes from 1909 to 1922, was the first Finnish...

Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (born 15 October 1958 in Espoo) is a Finnish writer, translator, and researcher. She was the recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in...

Zilverpijl (Flemish for 'Silver Arrow') is a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West. The main character in the series is a Native American...

The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen (Finnish: Tuntematon Kimi Räikkönen) is an authorised biography on Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen by Kari Hotakainen....

Ihmeellinen Joosef is a Finnish novel written by Mika Waltari under his pseudonym M. Ritvala and published in 1938. He adapted it also as a play the same...

Ny Tid (formerly Folktidningen and Folktidningen Ny Tid) is a Swedish-language Green leftist monthly magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. Ny Tid was...

Kirsti Tiina Orvokki Nopola (born 5 September 1955 in Helsinki) is a Finnish author of children's literature, best known for her work with her sister Sinikka...

Helvi Juvonen (5 November 1919, Iisalmi, Northern Savonia – 1 October 1959) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1957. She is buried...

Ville Matias Ranta (born 29 November 1978) is a Finnish comic artist and cartoonist from Oulu. He received the Finnish comics society's Puupäähattu award...