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Actor /Screenwriter/ Nature writer Kari Hietalahti is best known for popular Finnish television series such as Vintiöt, Ihmebantu, Kimmo, King Liar, The Duke of Sipoo, Color of Evil, The Man Who Died and Roba, and films such as Hellsinki, Vares- Private eye, Boy Upside Down, The Human Part, Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre, The Longest Day and Never alone. In August 2011 his first book "Kenraali Pancho & Pojat - Suuri kalottikirja" was published. Second book about Fly Fishing " Incredible Fly Fishing with Hissu & Tommi" with actor Tommi Korpela was published April 2020.

Hietalahti coaching HJK Helsinki official Futsal team. Kari Hietalahti likes Fly Fishing and he is an ambassador of the Vision Fly Fishing mark. Hietalahti is a conservationist. He protect specially migratory fishes and Saimaa ringed seals.

Heikki Silvennoinen was born on 27 April 1954 in Savonlinna, Finland. He was an actor and writer, known for Kummeli Stories (1995), Kummeli (1991) and Kummeli Kultakuume (1997). He was married to Toni Lähteenmäki, Tiina Keskinen and ???. He died on 18 December 2024 in Pälkäne, Finland.

Outi Condit was born on 15 April 1977 in Savonlinna, Finland. She is an actress and writer, known for The Actress (2017), Savuna ilmaan (2009) and Nymphs (2013).

Certainly not critically acclaimed, but certainly one of the most successful, Finnish film maker Erkki "Ere" Kokkonen has created a long career in film business. Kokkonen is best known as a director, but he has also wrote almost 30 movies.

Kokkonen's directing career is impressive; he started in the 1960s on television and only few years later he directed the most successful Finnish films. Those films were produced by Spede Pasanen, who created character Uuno Turhapuro and which Kokkonen directed 15 movies based on. Almost all of those movies were highly successful but never got any good words from critics.

At the end of the 1980s Kokkonen left the Turhapuro series and started his own series with the character Vääpeli Körmy. Unfortunately the films got even worst reviews and success in theaters wasn't even close to that achieved by the Turhapuro movies. In 1991 he returned to direct Turhapuro movies.

Finnish Film Archives has published a list with 20 movies which has got the biggest audiences in Finland. In that list Kokkonen has five movies, the best one is no 7.

Tuulikki Paananen had a short but an impressive career as an actress. Her father was a Finnish concert violinist and her mother an accompanist from Michigan USA, an area with fairly heavy Finnish population. Tuulikki was born in Finland but the family returned to the USA in 1919. She lived in there until 1935 but then returned to Finland to star in a few most well known films of that era (like "Jääkärin morsian" and "Varastettu kuolema"). When WWII had reached Finland in 1940 she moved back to the United States to stay. Under the name of "Tula Parma" she worked in a few Hollywood productions but her only bigger role on the silver screen was in Jacques Tourneur's "The Leopard Man" (1943). She then returned to dancing, her other passion in her youth, and opened a dance studio and also performed as a dancer herself. Later she lived in Honolulu where she also died in 1974.

Pekka Pouta was born in 1968 in Savonlinna, Finland. He is an actor and writer, known for Joonas Nordman Show Grillikausi (2022), Masked Singer Suomi (2020) and Uutisvuoto (1998).

Katriina Honkanen was born on 14 August 1960 in Savonlinna, Finland. She is an actress, known for Metsolat (1993), Agilem eli fragmentteja Pään elämästä (2018) and Metsolat - Muistojen joulu (1996). She has been married to Ilkka Tenhunen since 1980. They have one child.

Tuija-Maija Niskanen was born on 10 July 1943 in Savonlinna, Finland. She was a director and writer, known for Suuri illusioni (1985), Avskedet (1982) and Sen kunniaks (1969). She was married to Juhani Artto Nieminen. She died on 29 June 2019 in Finland.

Paavo Takkinen was born on 8 March 1948 in Savonlinna, Finland. He is an actor, known for Kotia päin (1989), Pohjanmaa (1988) and Natalia (1979).

Jyrki Nousiainen was born on 20 September 1943 in Savonlinna, Finland. He is an actor, known for Presidentti (1982), Meiltähän tämä käy (1973) and Paluu naapurilähiöön (1997). He was previously married to Soila Komi.

Heli Koskela was born on 11 January 1969 in Savonlinna, Finland. She is a producer and writer, known for Hell's Kitchen Suomi (2013), Homo-Suomen historia (2006) and Viki, Köpi & Henkka - tieteen armoilla (2018).

Marja Pensala was born on 3 October 1944 in Savonlinna, Finland. She was a director and writer, known for Sielunpimennys (2000), Elsa (1982) and Keys to the Good Life (1983). She died on 31 August 2015 in Helsinki, Finland.

Maija-Liisa Ahlgren was born on 20 August 1929 in Savonlinna, Finland. She was an actress, known for The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973), Siunattu hulluus (1975) and Kevään kohinaa Merenkurkussa (1962). She was married to Pentti Kalervo Seppo. She died on 15 January 1985 in Finland.

Katariina Lahti was born on 13 October 1949 in Savonlinna, Finland. She is a director and writer, known for Antti Puuhaara (1976), Teatterituokio (1962) and Käthe Kollwitz tässä ajassa (1978).

Wilma Ramona Ikäheimonen was born on 1 June 1998 in Savonlinna, Finland. Wilma Ramona is a costume designer, known for To Thy Rest (2025), Pop and Secrete (2024).

Ossi Ojala was born on 22 March 1933 in Savonlinna, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Ruuvit löysällä (1982), Jäähyväiset lasihevoselle (1985) and Joulukalenteri (1965). He died on 18 December 2006 in Heinola, Finland.

Tuukka Rask was born on 10 March 1987 in Savonlinna, Finland. He is an actor, known for Behind the B (2013), NHL on NBC (2006) and West Wing Week (2010).

Matti Puurtinen was born on 31 May 1949 in Savonlinna, Finland. He was a composer and actor, known for Eurovision laulukilpailu 1980 - Suomen karsinta (1980), Syksyn sävel (1968) and Eurovision 2006: Muistathan... (2006). He died on 24 October 2017 in Tampere, Finland.

Karoliina Kallio was born on 31 August 1979 in Savonlinna, Finland. She is an actress, known for Waldo's People: Lose Control (2008), Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 (2009) and Eurovision laulukilpailu 2004 - Suomen karsinta (2004).

Jouni Backman was born on 30 March 1959 in Savonlinna, Finland.

Seppo Jokela was born on 5 March 1934 in Savonlinna, Finland. He was an actor, known for Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika (1983), Leftovers from the North (1969) and Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti (1987). He died on 24 February 2000 in Lahti, Finland.

Samppa Lahdenperä was born on 22 March 1946 in Savonlinna, Finland. Samppa is a costume designer, known for Akkaa päälle (1994), Koiraton talo (1983) and Vallan miehet (1986).

Jukka Mannerkorpi was born on 19 July 1944 in Savonlinna, Finland. He is a director and writer, known for Automobile (1982), Bensaa suonissa (1970) and Turvallisuutta metsätöihin (1969).

Petri Matikainen was born on 7 January 1967 in Savonlinna, Finland.

Magdalena Swahn was born on 22 July 1922 in Savonlinna, Finland. She was an actress, known for Främmande hamn (1948). She died on 1 January 2009 in Nacka, Sweden.