Suuret Suomalaiset
Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns) is a Finnish spinoff-version of the 100 Greatest Britons programme on the BBC. Made by the national broadcaster YLE over October to December 2004. People got the chance to vote for the person whom they considered the greatest Finn.
Top Ten
- C.G.E. Mannerheim (president of Finland, 1944-1946, and Marshal of Finland)
- Risto Ryti (president of Finland, 1940-1944)
- Urho Kekkonen (president of Finland, 1956-1981)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth (infantry general, a figurehead for the Finnish veteran community)
- Tarja Halonen (current president of Finland, 2000- )
- Arvo Ylppö (famed pediatrician)
- Mikael Agricola (Protestant reformer and creator of the written Finnish language)
- Jean Sibelius (world-famous composer)
- Aleksis Kivi (author of the first significant Finnish novel, Seitsemän veljestä / Seven Brothers)
- Elias Lönnrot (creator of the Finnish national epic Kalevala)
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The Winner |
| ► | Top Ten |
~ What's Hot ~
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