Tiina Sanila

Tiina Sanila

female
Tiina Juulia Sanila is a Skolt woman from Sevettijärvi, a village in Inari, who published the first full-length rock CD in Skolt Sami ever in 2... More

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Pekka Sammallahti

Pekka Sammallahti

male
Pekka Lars Kalervo Sammallahti is a professor of Sámi languages at the Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu. A prolific writer, he has p... More

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Giuseppe Acerbi

Giuseppe Acerbi

male, deceased
Giuseppe Acerbi was an Italian explorer. In 1798 Acerbi travelled to Lapland, publishing his experiences in "Travel through Sweden, Finland and... More

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Vendela Vida

Vendela Vida

female
Vendela Vida (born September 6, 1972) is an American novelist, journalist, and editor who lives in San Francisco with her husband, writer Dave... More

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Richard Chancellor

Richard Chancellor

male, deceased
Richard Chancellor (d. 1556) was an English explorer and navigator; the first to penetrate to the White Sea and establish relations with Russia.... More

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Alfred Newton

Alfred Newton

male, deceased
Alfred Newton was an English zoologist and ornithologist. In 1854 he was elected travelling fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he had... More

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Adolf Reichwein

Adolf Reichwein

male, deceased
Adolf Reichwein was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. After... More

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Ted Lewin

Ted Lewin

male
Ted Lewin is an author/illustrator of children's books. Lewin and his wife Betsy Reilly drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon... More

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Matti Kurki

Matti Kurki

male
Matti Kurki was a legendary Finnish chieftain. If he was a real person, he is thought to have been living in the late 13th century. Folklore tales... More

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Olof Swartz

Olof Swartz

male, deceased
Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes. He attended the... More

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