LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.helsinki.fi/

Population:
559,330 (2003)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Helsinki	1640

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra	1927
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	1882

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Stora Enso	1998
UPM-Kymmene	1996
F-Secure	1988
Sanoma WSOY

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Gaynes	Actor	16-May-1917	15-Feb-2016	Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster
Tarja Halonen	Head of State	24-Dec-1943		President of Finland
Johan Helsingius	Business	1961		Operated anonymous remailer (penet.fi)
Jari Kurri	Hockey	18-May-1960		NHL Hall of Famer
Michael Monroe	Singer	17-Jun-1962		Lead singer, Hanoi Rocks
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor	30-Jun-1958		Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Henrik Tikkanen	Author	1924	1984	A Winter's Day
Linus Torvalds	Computer Programmer	28-Dec-1969		Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS
Ville Valo	Singer	22-Nov-1976		Frontman for Finnish band HIM
Artturi Virtanen	Chemist	15-Jan-1895	11-Nov-1973	AIV method of fodder preservation
Edvard Westermarck	Anthropologist	20-Nov-1862	3-Sep-1939	The Origin & Development of Moral Ideas
Lauri Ylönen	Singer	23-Apr-1979		Lead vocalist of The Rasmus

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alvar Aalto	Architect	3-Feb-1898	11-May-1976	Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer
Frans Eemil Sillanpää	Author	16-Sep-1888	3-Jun-1964	The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life
Richard Stites	Historian	2-Dec-1931	7-Mar-2010	The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia
Tom of Finland	Artist	8-May-1920	7-Nov-1991	Beefcake fetish artist
Artturi Virtanen	Chemist	15-Jan-1895	11-Nov-1973	AIV method of fodder preservation

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