Famous People with Name Olavi

Olavi Paavolainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Paavolainen: was a Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan. He often went under the pseudonym of Olavi Lauri. Paavolainen was the central figure of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Flame Bearers) and one of the most influential literary opinion leaders between the two World wars in Finland. He represented liberal and Europe oriented views of culture and had an eclectic eye for new ideas.In the late 1920s Paavolainen praised urban life, technology, and roaring cars in his works centering around modernism as the Italian Futurist poet F.T. Marinetti (1876-1944) had done two decades earlier. In the 1930s and 1940s he published a number of works that controversially criticised the members of the Nazi cabinet in Germany and later the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen: is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Haka and the goalkeeping coach of the Finnish national team.

Olavi Litmanen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Litmanen: is the father of the Finnish football player Jari Olavi Litmanen. He was also Finnish international footballer and played for Reipas all his career.

Olavi Mäenpää            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Mäenpää: is a Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far right political party. He has been a member of the city council of Turku, his home city, since 1992.In the municipal election of 2004, Mäenpää received a total of 2,208 votes, more

Olavi Ahonen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Olavi Ahonen: was a Finnish film actor.Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997 appearing in films such as the Rauni Mollberg historical film Aika hyvä ihmiseksi in 1977. He has also appeared in many films by Spede Pasanen. Ahonen was a 170 cm.