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Suodenniemi
Suodenniemi is a municipality of Finland. Suodenniemi Church. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,372 (2003) and covers an area of 220.83 km² of which 13.20 km² is water. The population density is 6.6 i..
Suojelupoliisi
Suojelupoliisi (Supo for short, direct translation "protection police"), is Finland's security police. It is composed of policemen with additional training, staff numbering 200. It specializes in preventing security threats and participates in protecting the parliamentary democracy as well as protec..
Suolahti
Suolahti, is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Suolahden kaupunki CitySuolahti (1977) Administrative ProvinceWestern Finland Population - Total (2003-12-31) - Density 5,..
Suolijärvi
Suolijärvi is a small lake in Tampere, Finland. It is situated west of Hervanta suburb. It has a small beach where people can sunbathe or swim during the summer. The name derives from Finnish suoli (intestine) and järvi (lake). This is probably due to the curved shape of the lake. ..
Suomalainen Kirjakauppa
Suomalainen Kirjakauppa (meaning 'Finnish bookstore') is the largest bookstore chain in Finland. History Founded in 1912Expansion to the largest, nation-wide bookstore chain in 90sRepresented by "suklaasuu" in an adverse where this "suklaasuu" recommends people to subscribe to the membership of suo..
Suomenlinna
Utsikt över Sveaborg ("View over Sveaborg"), painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd Suomenlinna or Viapori (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands, today within Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with both tou..
Suomenlinna Church
The Suomenlinna Church was built originally as a Greek Orthodox garrison church for the Russian troops of Suomenlinna sea fortress in 1854 and originally had five onion domes. It was converted into an Evangelical Lutheran church during the 1920s. Its extensive iconography was warehoused by the c..
Suomenniemi
Suomenniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 843 (2003) and covers an area of 362.79 km² of which 77.61 km² is water. The population density is 3.0 inhabitants per km². T..
Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Suomen Filmiteollisuus (SF), lit. Finland's Film Industry, was a Finnish film production company founded by Erkki Karu in 1933 after financial problems with Suomi-Filmi. The CEO, director, producer and writer T.J. Särkkä was a central figure in Suomen Filmiteollisuus. Among others, the film dire..
Suomen Joutsen
Suomen Joutsen in Turku Suomen Joutsen (Swan of Finland in English) (former names are Laënnec, Oldenburg) is a three mast, steel hull, full rigged ship. She was built on 1902 in St. Nazaire, France to serve in the trade between Atlantic and Pacific ports. In 1930 she was bought by the Govern..
Suomen Partiolaiset
redirect[[Template:Portal]] Suomen Partiolaiset r.y. - Finlands Scouter r.f. (Guides and Scouts of Finland) is the national Scouting and Guiding association of Finland. Scouting was founded in Finland in 1910 as part of tsarist Russia, registered with the central organization of the tsarist Russia..
Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys
The Central Association of the Finnish Associations of Peace (SRK) is conservative laestadians organization in Finland. SRK is abbreviation from finnish "Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys". It is part of Conservative laestadianism and its sister organization in North America is Laestadian Luth..
Suomen Talvisota 1939-1940
Suomen Talvisota 1939-1940 was a provocative Finnish rock band in the years 1969 and 1970. Their only album is called Underground-Rock. Lyrics for the band were provided under pseudonyms by M.A. Numminen and the Turku poets Markku Into (under the pseudonym Taannehtiva Seuralainen) and Jarkko Laine (..
Suomi
Suomi is a Finnish word that may refer to: Finland, a northern European country (written with capital initial letter: Suomi), possibly from the root "suo", bog or swamp.The Finnish language itself (written with lower-case initial letter: suomi)Suomi, a Finnish insurance companyThe Suomi M-31 SMG, a..
Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league in Finland. Teams playing in the Suomi-sarja can be relegated to the first division or promoted to Mestis. ..
Suomirock
Suomirock (sometimes informally Suomirokki) is a genre of rock music with origins in Finland. (Suomi is the Finnish language word for Finland.) The term is quite vague, and can refer to essentially any style of Finnish rock-based popular music. Most often, the term suomirock is associated with a sp..
Suomisaundi
Suomisaundi (sometimes called psy-fi, suomistyge, suomisoundi, spugedelic trance) is a style of freeform psychedelic trance, originating from Finland. Suomisaundi literally means in Finnish slang "Finnish sound". The term "spugedelic" is humoristically derived from psychedelic, spuge means "an alc..
Suomi M-31 SMG
Suomi KP/-31 Suomi KP/-31 Type Service submachine gun Nation(s) of origin Finland Era pre World War II, WWII and post WWII History Date of design first prototype in 1920 or 1921 Production period 1931 - 1944 Service duration 1931 - 1982 Operators Finland, Sweden, Denmark..
Suomusjärvi
Suomusjärven kunta municipality in Finland Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Salo City manager Vesa Ketola Official languages Finnish Area - total - land 349th176.53 km²160.15 km² density 397th1,311- 1.0 %8.2/km² Urba..
Suomussalmi
Suomussalmen kunta Coat of Arms Location Province Oulu Region Kainuu Sub-region Kehys-Kainuu Area- Of which land- Rank 5,856.90 km²5,275.24 km²ranked 9th Population- Density- Change- Rank 10,248 (2004)1.9 inh./km²- 1.2%ranked 98th Urbanisation 55.9% Unemploy..
Suomy
Suomy is a popular brand of motorcycle helmets. A list of [Suomy Helmets] ..
Suona
Two sizes of suona The suona (simplified: [[wiktionary:唢|唢]][[wiktionary:呐|呐]]; traditional: [[wiktionary:嗩|嗩]][[wiktionary:吶|吶]]; also called the laba [[wiktionary:喇|喇]][[wiktionary:叭|叭]] or haidi [[wiktionary:海|海]][[wiktionary:笛|笛]]) is a Han Chinese shawm (ob..
Suona la tromba
"Suona la tromba" (inno popolare, "hymn of the people") was commissioned by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1848 as a new battle hymn for the Italian Risorgimento. Verdi immediately composed the work, to a text by Goffredo Mameli, for three part male chorus and orchestra. Unfortunately the work was never widely..
Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki is a municipality of Finland. Suonenjoki is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 7,787 (2003) and covers an area of 862.21 km² of which 142.64 km² is water. The population density is 10.8 inhabitants..
Suor
Suor is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1934. ..
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second act of Il trittico. First performance: Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1918. Roles Premiere, December 14, 1918(Roberto Moranzoni) Sister Angelic..
Suor Barbara Ragnoni
Suor Barbara Ragnoni was 15th century female artist for whom only one work remains extant. The signed painting, The Adoration of the Shepherds, is now in the Pinacoeteca of Siena. Its style, with its warm colors, is very much in keeping with the late quattrocento style. ..
Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples
The Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples (Italian: Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa - Napoli) is a university located in Naples, Italy. It was founded in 1864 and is organized in 3 Faculties. Organization These are the 3 faculties in which the university is divided into: Facult..
Suovetaurilia
The suovetaurilia was an ancient Roman sacrifice in which a pig, a sheep, and a bull were sacrificed. The suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig (sus), a ram (ovis) and a bull (taurus) to the deity Mars to bless..
Suoxi Valley
Located in Zhangjiajie which is in Northeastern Hunan province of China. the meaning of the name is: 'fog laden village' in the dialect of the local Tujia people. ..
Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi (Russian: ; Finnish: ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located some 140 km north-west of Petrozavodsk at [62°4′60″N, 32°21′0″E]. Population: 11,600 (2002 Census). Town status since 1940. Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia ..
Suozzi
The Suozzi family is a family of Italian American politicians from Long Island : Thomas Suozzi : Nassau Democratic county executive since 2001, mayor of Glen Cove, New York from 1993 to 2000.Ralph V. Suozzi : Independant Mayor of Glen Cove, New York since 2. Son of Vincent and cousin of Thomas.Jose..
Suo Chao
Suo Chao (索超) is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. Suo Chao stood at 7 feet, with a round face and big ears, a squarish mouth and a face covered by his beard. He gives people an impressive bearing, much like a hero. He was originally a general in Damingfu, serving under Ge..
Suo Gan
Suo Gân is a traditional Welsh lullaby written by an anonymous composer. Though the lyrics are comforting and warm, the beautiful melody has a distinctly haunting quality. Lyrics Huna blentyn yn fy mynwes Clyd a chynnes ydyw hon; Breichiau mam sy'n dynn amdanat, Cariad mam sy dan fy mron; Ni ch..
Suo moto
Suo Motu, meaning "on its own motion," is an Indian legal term, approximately equivalent to the English term Sua Sponte. It is used, for example, where a government agency acts on its own cognisance, as in "the Commission took Suo Motu control over the matter." Example; "there is no requirement th..
Suo Province
Suo (周防国 Suō no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suo bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces. The ancient provincial capital was in Hofu. Suo was ruled for much of the Muromachi period by the Ouchi clan, who built a cast..
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