Tarja Halonen, a Finnish politician and President of Finland (2000-2012)
You Would Have Loved This is Tarja's second solo single which is a dedication to her mother and predates the release of her Christmas album, Henkäys Ikuisuudesta.
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On the 24th of December Tarja performed at the Turku Cathedral as part of the annual Finnish Christmas Peace declaration.
It is a collaboration written by noted Finnish-language scholars Auli Hakulinen, Maria Vilkuna, Riitta Korhonen, Vesa Koivisto, Tarja-Riitta Heinonen and Irja Alho.
Ireland – President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and a number of Irish schoolchildren expressed their condolences to Finnish President Tarja Halonen on November 12 during Halonen's state visit to the country.