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Finn-tastic! 38 celebrities you didn't know are Finnish Americans.
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1. Pamela Anderson, actress and activist, a dual citizen of Canada and the US, is one of Hollywood’s most well-known Finns. Her great-grandfather Juho Hyytiäinen was from Saarijärvi and changed his surname to Anderson after immigrating to Canada in the early 1900s.
2. Matt Damon. Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon’s mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, has both Finnish and Swedish ancestry. Her family surname Paige was originally Pajari.
3. David Lynch. America’s favorite surrealist David Lynch, who gave us Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, has Finnish ancestry from his great-grandmother. She had the surname Sundholm, and was Swedish-Finnish, immigrating first to Finland and then to the United States.
4. Vanessa Williams, actress and the first African American winner of Miss America, didn’t know she was part Finnish until she took a DNA test. Williams took part in the TV series “Who Do You Think You Are”, which traces the genealogy of celebrities, and discovered that she is 12% Finnish. Afterwards, she said “The biggest surprise was Finland. How did that happen? Who is Finnish? That is definitely going to be one of my trips coming up.”
5.Dave Mustaine is well-known for being the singer of Megadeth and getting fired from Metallica. Love him or hate him, but he still has Finnish roots.
6. Jessica Lange. Her grandfather George Ilmar Sahlman was originally from Finland.
7.Linus Torvalds (born 1969), software engineer best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel.
8.Jean Auel is an American writer best known for her Earth’s Children series, which kicked off with the much-loved The Clan of the Cave Bear in 1980. She was born in Illinois as Jean Untinen, and all of her grandparents were from Finland.
9.Daphne Zuniga, actress, mother of partial Finnish descent.
10.Actress and comedian Leslie Mann, who has entertained movie-goers in films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Rio, has Finnish roots. Her grandmother Sadie Viola Heljä Räsänen was born to Finnish immigrants.
11.Renée Zellweger (born 1969), actress and producer; mother of partial Finnish descent.
12.Mark Hoppus, the bassist, and vocalist for Blink-182, has said that most of his family on his mother’s side were from Finland. Fans were wondering why he had a sticker of the Finnish flag on his bass guitar.
13.Zelda Williams (born 1989), actress, daughter of Robin Williams; mother of partial Finnish descent.
14.Maila Nurmi (Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi) Vampira, TV’s first horror hostess, was a character created in the early 1950s by Finland-born Maila Nurmi. She was born in Petsamo and moved to Ohio with her family when she was two years old.
15.Marissa Mayer, the president and CEO of Yahoo, was born in Wisconsin and has Finnish ancestry on her mother’s side. According to Mayer, she grew up surrounded by her mother’s colorful Marikmekko pieces, which influenced her design of Google’s interface during her career with the company.
16.Timothy L. Kopra (born 1963), astronaut; flew missions on the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery. He is of Finnish descent on his father's side. His grandfather, Antti Kopra, born in Laavola, Valkjärvi, Karelia, and his grandmother, Ester Elisabet Saksinen, born in Helsinki, left Finland in 1914, immigrating to the United States. Kopra's father spoke Finnish.
17.Drew Gooden, NBA player; Finnish mother.
18.Dan O'Brien (born 1966), former American decathlete, deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 after winning three consecutive world titles. He is of African American and Finnish heritage.
19.Marsha Garces Williams, film producer and mom of Zelda Williams.
20. David Chokachi (born 1968), actor, mother is of Finnish descent.He is known for his roles in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His maternal grandmother was Finnish from Vaasa, Finland.
21. Austin Butler, actor, Finnish on maternal side.
22. Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress, mother is of partial Finnish descent
23. Elyssa Davalos (born 1959), actress, father was of partial Finnish descent
24.Richard Davalos (1930–2016), actor; starred in East of Eden (1955) as James Dean's brother; portrayed the convict Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke (1967); won the Theatre World Award for his performance in the Arthur Miller play A Memory of Two Mondays in 1955; fa is of Finnish descent.
25. Anna Easteden (born 1976), actress; The House of Branching Love (2009) and Sideways (2009); co-starred in soap operas Passions and Days Of Our Lives, and the series Bones.
26. Taina Elg (born 1931), Golden Globe-winning film and stage actress.
27. George Gaynes (1917–2016), film actor, known for his role as Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy film series.
28. Renny Harlin (born 1959), producer and director; immigrant from Finland,
29. Brian Heidik (born 1968), won $1,000,000 on the Thailand edition of Survivor.
30.Nancy Juvonen (born 1967), American-Finnish film producer; with Drew Barrymore, co-owner of production company Flower Films; produced Never been Kissed (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Donnie Darko (2002), Charlie's Angels – Full Throttle (2003); wife of comedian and talk show host Jimmy Fallon.
31.Marta Kristen (born 1945), perhaps best known for her role as the character "Judy Robinson" in the cult television series Lost in Space.
32. Christine Lahti (born 1950), film actress, paternal grandparents were immigrants from Finland.
33. Leslie Mann (born 1972), actress who has appeared in numerous films, including The Cable Guy (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), 17 Again (2009), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), and Blockers (2018).
34. Lisa Niemi (born 1956), actress, director and choreographer.She is the widow of actor and dancer Patrick Swayze.
35. Ethan Peck (born 1986), actor.He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and his first wife, Finnish-born Greta Kukkonen
36. Bonnie Pietila, casting director and producer for The Simpsons. Pietila is Finnish-American; she was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Her grandparents had moved to the United States from Teuva, Finland
37. Joyce Randolph (born Joyce Sirola, 1924–2024), actress, best known for playing Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners.
38.Georgia Tennant (born 1984), actress.Tennant is the daughter of actors Peter Moffett (known by his stage name, Peter Davison) and Sandra Dickinson. She has two half brothers from her father's third marriage; she is of Guyanese descent through her paternal grandfather and Finnish descent through her maternal grandmother.
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Facts about Finland (12)
Finland has land borders with Norway, Sweden and Russia. Which country lies immediately south of Finland's capital, Helsinki, across the Gulf of Finland?
Answer: Estonia
The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea, stretching eastwards as far as St Petersburg in Russia. It is 250 miles from St Petersburg to where the Gulf enters the Baltic. On the northern shore of the Gulf lies Finland, and on the southern shore is Estonia. The Gulf is 43 miles across at its narrowest point and 81 miles at its widest.
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Facts about Finland (11)
Finland has two official languages. One is Finnish, what is the other?
Answer: Swedish
Finnish is spoken by about 92% of the population with about 5.5% speaking Swedish.
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Facts about Finland 10.
What happens if you're caught speeding in Finland?
a. Public excuse in the town square of your city
b. Income-based fine
c. 100 push ups in-front of the officer
d. Mandatory warning sign on your car to warn other drivers
Finland has a system where speding tickets are income-based. The more money you make, the more you have to pay for speeding. A board member of Nokia got a speeding ticket of more than 100 000 euros when he was caught speeding on his motorbike.
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Facts about Finland 9.
Which is the oldest city in Finland?
a. Turku
b. Tammerfors
c. Helsinki
d. Oulu
Turku is the oldest city in Finland. It was founded already in the 13th century. During the years 1809-1812 it even served as the capital of Finland.
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Facts about Finland 8.
What's the national animal of Finland?
a. Great grey owl
b. Brown bear
c. Reindeer
d. Fox
Bear is the national animal of Finland, more precisely the Finnish brown bear that stroll around in the Finnish forests. There are around 2000 wild brown bears in Finland.
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