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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a
list of firsts in
Finland
.
Education and academia
First director of the first Finnish research institute in applied psychology:
Ester Hjelt
[1]
First Finnish-speaking teacher training college:
University of Jyväskylä
[2]
First state schools for females in Finland:
Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Åbo
(English: Swedish Women's School of Åbo) and
Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors
(English: Swedish Women's School of Helsingfors) (1844)
Liisi Oterma, the first woman in Finland to receive a Ph.D. degree in Astronomy.
First women
Dissertations
First dissertation by a Finnish woman (chemistry,
University of Zurich
):
Lydia Sesemann
(1874)
[3]
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Finland (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery):
Karolina Eskelin
(1895)
[4]
First female opponent at a dissertation (Faculty of Medicine):
Elsa Ryti
(1927)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Physics:
Eugenie Lisitzin
(1938)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in
Finnish language
studies:
Eeva Lindén
(1942)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Astronomy:
Liisi Oterma
(1955)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Economics:
Vieno Rajaoja
(1958)
[4]
Doctors
First female Doctor of Philosophy:
Tekla Hultin
(1896)
[4]
First female Doctor of Agriculture:
Synnöve von Hausen
(1936)
[4]
First female Doctor of Laws (Justice) in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
(1946)
[4]
[5]
First female Doctor of Theology:
Eira Paunu
(1952)
[4]
First female Doctor in Social Sciences:
Elina Haavio-Mannila
(1958)
[4]
Professorships
First female professor in Finland (Personal Extraordinary Professor,
Åbo Akademi
):
Alma Söderhjelm
(1927)
[4]
[6]
First female professor of Medicine and holder of a permanent chair (Obstetrics and Gynaecology):
Laimi Leidenius
(1930)
[4]
[7]
First female professor of Chemistry:
Salli Eskola
(1947)
[8]
First female professor in Physical and Natural Sciences (assistant professor in Chemistry):
Salli Eskola
[4]
First female professor of Pedagogy: Inkeri Vikainen (1959)
[4]
First female professor of Law in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
(1961)
[4]
[5]
First female professor of Sociology:
Faina Jyrkilä
(1964)
[4]
First female professor of Philosophy in Finland and in Scandinavia:
Raili Kauppi
(1969)
[3]
[9]
First female professor of Women's Studies:
Päivi Setälä
(1991)
[4]
Members of the
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
(Founded 1838)
First female member of the Math and Physics division:
Eugenie Lisitzin
(1960)
Other
First female
academic
in Finland:
Sara Wacklin
First female folklorist in Finland to complete a doctoral degree:
Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio
[10]
First female in Finland to earn a doctorate in the field of philosophy:
Raili Kauppi
[9]
First female Licentiate of Medicine (without being officially enrolled at a University):
Rosina Heikel
(1878)
[4]
[11]
First female Magister of Philosophy:
Emma Irene Åström
[4]
First female
Minister of Justice
in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
[5]
First female Rector of a university (
University of Jyväskylä
):
Aino Sallinen
(1992)
[4]
First female to attend a university in Finland:
Maria Tschetschulin
(1870)
[12]
First female to defend a doctoral degree in Finland:
Karolina Eskelin
[13]
First female to practice medicine in Finland and within all the
Nordic countries
:
Rosina Heikel
[11]
First female to receive a Ph.D. degree in Astronomy in Finland:
Liisi Oterma
[14]
First female veterinary surgeon in Europe and Finland:
Agnes Sjöberg
[15]
First Finnish woman to be appointed docent at a university:
Alma Söderhjelm
[6]
First Finnish woman to complete a doctorate:
Lydia Sesemann
[3]
[4]
First Finnish woman to take the matriculation examination:
Maria Tschetschulin
[4]
First Finnish woman to teach:
Alma Söderhjelm
[6]
Literature
First book in the world and Finland written solely in text messages:
Viimeiset viestit
(English: Last Messages) by
Hannu Luntiala
(2007)
[16]
First female writer in Finland:
Sara Wacklin
First Finnish language encyclopedia:
Tietosanakirja
(1909-1922)
First Finnish language grammar book published: 1649
First novel published in Finnish: Seven Brothers (Finnish:
Seitsemän veljestä
) (1870)
Media
Film
First active feature film company:
Lyyra-Filmi
First Finnish computer-animated feature film:
The Emperor's Secret
(Finnish:
Keisarin salaisuus
) (2006)
First Finnish feature film and first fictional film: The Moonshiners (Finnish:
Salaviinanpolttajat
) (1907)
First full-length Finnish feature film: Sylvi
First full-length sound film with song and talk: Say It in Finnish (1931)
First Finnish film: Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904)
First Finnish film company:
Atelier Apollo
(1906)
First Finnish film distributed widely abroad: When Father Has Toothache (1923)
First Finnish film released on
Blu-ray
:
Ganes
(2007)
[17]
First Finnish film with a soundtrack: Dressed Like Adam and a Bit Like Eve Too (1931)
First public screening: 1896
Other
First Finnish album to certify gold based on downloads and streams:
AMK Dropout
(2014)
First Finnish publisher to sell
manga
:
Sangatsu Manga
(2003)
First Finnish video included in
MTV Nordic
's daily video-rotation:
U Drive Me Crazy
Military
First
Finnish Air Force
base established:
Utti
(1918)
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, the first female Prime Minister of Finland
Politics and government
First President:
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
First
National Progressive
President:
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
First
Agrarian
President:
Lauri Kristian Relander
First
National Coalitionist
President:
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
First
Social Democratic
President:
Mauno Koivisto
First female President:
Tarja Halonen
[18]
First Prime Minister:
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
First female Prime Minister:
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
[19]
First Finnish
Black
Member of Parliament:
Jani Toivola
First time the President had been solely elected by a popular vote:
1994
[20]
First openly gay Member of Parliament:
Oras Tynkkynen
First female
Members of Parliament
elected in Finland and the world: 1907
First President of the
Supreme Court of Finland
:
August Nybergh
, 1918
Science and technology
First class of locomotive manufactured within Finland:
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class A5
, 1874
Verner Weckman, the first Finnish Olympic gold medalist.
Sports and related events
First Finn to play in the
Stanley Cup Finals
:
Matti Hagman
First Finnish basketball player to play in the
National Basketball Association
:
Jarkko Ruutu
First Finnish boxer to win an Olympic medal:
Bruno Ahlberg
[21]
First Finnish cross-country skier to win an Olympic gold medal:
Veli Saarinen
First Finnish Olympic gold medalist:
Verner Weckman
First Finnish player within the
National Hockey League
:
Pentti Lund
[22]
First Finnish player to play in the
German
Bundesliga
:
Juhani Peltonen
First Finnish player to play in the
Women's United Soccer Association
:
Anne Mäkinen
First Finnish woman to reach Olympic finals in swimming:
Eila Pyrhönen
Titles and awards
First Finnish Nobel Prize winner:
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
First Finnish Olympic gold medalist:
Verner Weckman
First time winning the group stage at the
Bandy World Championship
:
2011
Other
First Finnish "freedom fighter":
Lalli
First Finnish entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest
to be awarded with a maximum score since the start of the twelve-point tradition in 1975:
Lapponia
First Finnish professor of forest inventory:
Werner Cajanus
[23]
First homoerotic stamps produced in Finland and the world: 2014
Tom of Finland
stamps
[24]
First time participating in the
Eurovision Song Contest
:
1961
First representative of Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest:
Laila Kinnunen
See also
List of firsts in Sweden
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(National Biography of Finland)
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2016-07-21
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. Retrieved
2016-07-19
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. Archived from
the original
on 2012-04-24
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
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Finland
.
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the original
on 2009-05-03
. Retrieved
2016-07-18
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, p632
^
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.
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2020-04-17
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
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Hockey's Book of Firsts
. JG Press. p. 34.
ISBN
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"Cajanus tube demystified"
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2016-07-15
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www.posti.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
Categories
:
Lists of firsts by geographical entity
Finland history-related lists
Hidden categories:
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a
list of firsts in
Finland
.
Education and academia
First director of the first Finnish research institute in applied psychology:
Ester Hjelt
[1]
First Finnish-speaking teacher training college:
University of Jyväskylä
[2]
First state schools for females in Finland:
Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Åbo
(English: Swedish Women's School of Åbo) and
Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors
(English: Swedish Women's School of Helsingfors) (1844)
Liisi Oterma, the first woman in Finland to receive a Ph.D. degree in Astronomy.
First women
Dissertations
First dissertation by a Finnish woman (chemistry,
University of Zurich
):
Lydia Sesemann
(1874)
[3]
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Finland (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery):
Karolina Eskelin
(1895)
[4]
First female opponent at a dissertation (Faculty of Medicine):
Elsa Ryti
(1927)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Physics:
Eugenie Lisitzin
(1938)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in
Finnish language
studies:
Eeva Lindén
(1942)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Astronomy:
Liisi Oterma
(1955)
[4]
First dissertation by a Finnish woman in Economics:
Vieno Rajaoja
(1958)
[4]
Doctors
First female Doctor of Philosophy:
Tekla Hultin
(1896)
[4]
First female Doctor of Agriculture:
Synnöve von Hausen
(1936)
[4]
First female Doctor of Laws (Justice) in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
(1946)
[4]
[5]
First female Doctor of Theology:
Eira Paunu
(1952)
[4]
First female Doctor in Social Sciences:
Elina Haavio-Mannila
(1958)
[4]
Professorships
First female professor in Finland (Personal Extraordinary Professor,
Åbo Akademi
):
Alma Söderhjelm
(1927)
[4]
[6]
First female professor of Medicine and holder of a permanent chair (Obstetrics and Gynaecology):
Laimi Leidenius
(1930)
[4]
[7]
First female professor of Chemistry:
Salli Eskola
(1947)
[8]
First female professor in Physical and Natural Sciences (assistant professor in Chemistry):
Salli Eskola
[4]
First female professor of Pedagogy: Inkeri Vikainen (1959)
[4]
First female professor of Law in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
(1961)
[4]
[5]
First female professor of Sociology:
Faina Jyrkilä
(1964)
[4]
First female professor of Philosophy in Finland and in Scandinavia:
Raili Kauppi
(1969)
[3]
[9]
First female professor of Women's Studies:
Päivi Setälä
(1991)
[4]
Members of the
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
(Founded 1838)
First female member of the Math and Physics division:
Eugenie Lisitzin
(1960)
Other
First female
academic
in Finland:
Sara Wacklin
First female folklorist in Finland to complete a doctoral degree:
Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio
[10]
First female in Finland to earn a doctorate in the field of philosophy:
Raili Kauppi
[9]
First female Licentiate of Medicine (without being officially enrolled at a University):
Rosina Heikel
(1878)
[4]
[11]
First female Magister of Philosophy:
Emma Irene Åström
[4]
First female
Minister of Justice
in Finland:
Inkeri Anttila
[5]
First female Rector of a university (
University of Jyväskylä
):
Aino Sallinen
(1992)
[4]
First female to attend a university in Finland:
Maria Tschetschulin
(1870)
[12]
First female to defend a doctoral degree in Finland:
Karolina Eskelin
[13]
First female to practice medicine in Finland and within all the
Nordic countries
:
Rosina Heikel
[11]
First female to receive a Ph.D. degree in Astronomy in Finland:
Liisi Oterma
[14]
First female veterinary surgeon in Europe and Finland:
Agnes Sjöberg
[15]
First Finnish woman to be appointed docent at a university:
Alma Söderhjelm
[6]
First Finnish woman to complete a doctorate:
Lydia Sesemann
[3]
[4]
First Finnish woman to take the matriculation examination:
Maria Tschetschulin
[4]
First Finnish woman to teach:
Alma Söderhjelm
[6]
Literature
First book in the world and Finland written solely in text messages:
Viimeiset viestit
(English: Last Messages) by
Hannu Luntiala
(2007)
[16]
First female writer in Finland:
Sara Wacklin
First Finnish language encyclopedia:
Tietosanakirja
(1909-1922)
First Finnish language grammar book published: 1649
First novel published in Finnish: Seven Brothers (Finnish:
Seitsemän veljestä
) (1870)
Media
Film
First active feature film company:
Lyyra-Filmi
First Finnish computer-animated feature film:
The Emperor's Secret
(Finnish:
Keisarin salaisuus
) (2006)
First Finnish feature film and first fictional film: The Moonshiners (Finnish:
Salaviinanpolttajat
) (1907)
First full-length Finnish feature film: Sylvi
First full-length sound film with song and talk: Say It in Finnish (1931)
First Finnish film: Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904)
First Finnish film company:
Atelier Apollo
(1906)
First Finnish film distributed widely abroad: When Father Has Toothache (1923)
First Finnish film released on
Blu-ray
:
Ganes
(2007)
[17]
First Finnish film with a soundtrack: Dressed Like Adam and a Bit Like Eve Too (1931)
First public screening: 1896
Other
First Finnish album to certify gold based on downloads and streams:
AMK Dropout
(2014)
First Finnish publisher to sell
manga
:
Sangatsu Manga
(2003)
First Finnish video included in
MTV Nordic
's daily video-rotation:
U Drive Me Crazy
Military
First
Finnish Air Force
base established:
Utti
(1918)
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, the first female Prime Minister of Finland
Politics and government
First President:
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
First
National Progressive
President:
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
First
Agrarian
President:
Lauri Kristian Relander
First
National Coalitionist
President:
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
First
Social Democratic
President:
Mauno Koivisto
First female President:
Tarja Halonen
[18]
First Prime Minister:
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
First female Prime Minister:
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
[19]
First Finnish
Black
Member of Parliament:
Jani Toivola
First time the President had been solely elected by a popular vote:
1994
[20]
First openly gay Member of Parliament:
Oras Tynkkynen
First female
Members of Parliament
elected in Finland and the world: 1907
First President of the
Supreme Court of Finland
:
August Nybergh
, 1918
Science and technology
First class of locomotive manufactured within Finland:
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class A5
, 1874
Verner Weckman, the first Finnish Olympic gold medalist.
Sports and related events
First Finn to play in the
Stanley Cup Finals
:
Matti Hagman
First Finnish basketball player to play in the
National Basketball Association
:
Jarkko Ruutu
First Finnish boxer to win an Olympic medal:
Bruno Ahlberg
[21]
First Finnish cross-country skier to win an Olympic gold medal:
Veli Saarinen
First Finnish Olympic gold medalist:
Verner Weckman
First Finnish player within the
National Hockey League
:
Pentti Lund
[22]
First Finnish player to play in the
German
Bundesliga
:
Juhani Peltonen
First Finnish player to play in the
Women's United Soccer Association
:
Anne Mäkinen
First Finnish woman to reach Olympic finals in swimming:
Eila Pyrhönen
Titles and awards
First Finnish Nobel Prize winner:
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
First Finnish Olympic gold medalist:
Verner Weckman
First time winning the group stage at the
Bandy World Championship
:
2011
Other
First Finnish "freedom fighter":
Lalli
First Finnish entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest
to be awarded with a maximum score since the start of the twelve-point tradition in 1975:
Lapponia
First Finnish professor of forest inventory:
Werner Cajanus
[23]
First homoerotic stamps produced in Finland and the world: 2014
Tom of Finland
stamps
[24]
First time participating in the
Eurovision Song Contest
:
1961
First representative of Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest:
Laila Kinnunen
See also
List of firsts in Sweden
References
^
"Tiedenaisia - Vetenskapskvinnor - Women of Learning"
.
www.helsinki.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-21
.
^
"University of Jyväskylä - Introduction - Frontpage"
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esittely.jyu.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
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(National Biography of Finland)
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"Tiedenaisia - Vetenskapskvinnor - Women of Learning"
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www.helsinki.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-21
.
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"Tiedenaisia - Vetenskapskvinnor - Women of Learning"
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www.helsinki.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-21
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"Tiedenaisia - Vetenskapskvinnor - Women of Learning"
.
www.helsinki.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-21
.
^
"Maailman ensimmäinen tekstiviestiromaani ilmestyy"
. Retrieved
2016-07-19
.
^
"SF Studios"
.
www.fs-film.fi
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-04-24
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
^
Baedeker, Verlag Karl.
Finland
.
^
"Ministerikortisto"
. Archived from
the original
on 2009-05-03
. Retrieved
2016-07-18
.
^
Nohlen & Stöver
, p632
^
"Bruno Ahlberg Bio, Stats, and Results"
.
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2020-04-17
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
^
Duplacey, James.
Hockey's Book of Firsts
. JG Press. p. 34.
ISBN
978-1-57215-037-9
.
^
Lauri (2008-02-15).
"Cajanus tube demystified"
.
LAI Detectives
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
^
"Tom of Finland to appear on stamps in September - Itella Corporation"
.
www.posti.fi
. Retrieved
2016-07-15
.
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:
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