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5 unusual facts about Lahti


Abdulaziz Al-Babtain

13. At the 22nd International Writers Federation Conference in Lahti(Finland), from 18–21/06/2005, where he was the honorary guest and participated in the evening poetry reading.

Angelo Esposito

On July 26, 2012, he signed a one-year contract with Finnish hockey club Pelicans from Lahti.

José Manuel Villa Castillo

In 1985 he was included in the Lahti VI Poster Biennale, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland.

Kari-Finn

And as there was capacity left, it also began to produce plastic parts for other industrial companies in Lahti region.

Sport aerobics

In 1997, the IWGA (International World Games Association) included Aerobic Gymnastics in its programme of the 5th World Games (Lahti, Finland).


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti.

Henry Glaß

Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in Vikersund.

HooGee

HooGee M1 faced fellow Nelonen outfit Lahden Pojat JS with the team from Lahti progressing to the 3rd round after beating the home team 4-0.

Ju-Jitsu International Federation

Ju-Jitsu under JJIF rules has been an event at the World Games since the 1997 World Games in Lahti, Finland.

Kalervo Kurkiala

In March 1918 he was appointed a battalion commander in the White forces, taking part in battles in Tampere, Lahti, Lyykylä, Mannikkala and Tali, where he was slightly wounded.

Kari-Finn

(A lot of people from Lahti at the inventors exhibition) Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (The news of South-Finland), 30.11.2001.

Päijänne Tavastia

In laymen's terms: The coat of arms sports a depiction of the ancient water goddess Vellamo as a mermaid, with a cuckoo to represent the influence of the numerous post-World War II Karelian refugees in Lahti and the surrounding regions.

Petteri Koponen

Koponen began his mandatory military service in the Lahti Military Academy in October 2007, participating in a special military service built for professional athletes such as Finnish tennis player Jarkko Nieminen.

Public transport in Helsinki

Other areas are served by regional and suburban trains that cover all of the capital region and smaller cities and towns as far north as Riihimäki and Lahti and as far west as Karis (Karjaa).

Trains not managed by HRT reach even further, all the way to Lahti, Riihimäki and Karis.

Raimo Lahti

Raimo Lahti (born 1946) has been professor of Criminal Law at the University of Helsinki since 1979 and has been involved with reform of the Finnish Medical Law and Criminal Law.

Staffan Tällberg

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Tällberg earned his best finish of fifth in the team large hill event at Lahti in 1989 and his best individual finish of 11th in the individual normal hill event at Val di Fiemme in 1991.

Stanisław Marusarz

His best chance came at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti where he struggled to win over famous Ruud brothers: (Birger, Sigmund, and Asbjørn).

Teemu Sippo

Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo S.C.I. (born 20 May 1947 in Lahti, Finland) is the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Helsinki.

Women's Democratic Action Centre

The organisation emerged of a split in the Democratic Women's League of Finland (SNDL) in the spring of 1986, as six SNDL districts (Southern Saimaa, Helsinki, Joensuu, Lahti, Northern Häme and Uusimaa) sided with Deva.


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