Retired politican Seppo Kääriäinen.
Kotiliesi
Opera singer Jorma Hynninen rehearses for his career's last perfomance at his home in Leppävirta.
Kirkko ja Kaupunki
Portrait of the year, Finnish Press Photos 2022
Hassan Noori arrived in Finland in 2015 as an underaged asylum seeker from Afganistan. Hassan met, fell in love and engaged Finnish student Iina Ihonen. Hassan started studying to be a chef and got a job. However Hassan got a negative decision on his residence permit and was deported back to Afghanistan in 2019. Iina and Hassan's Finnish friends tried to get him back to Finland for over two years and sent him money. During that time Hassan and Iina got married in Uzbekistan and applied for a new residence permit due to family status. Hassan's return process to Finland was difficult due to strong bureaucracy, covid-19 pandemic and lack of safety in Afghanistan. Hassan got out of Afghanistan in August 2021 when Taliban was taking over the country. He fled to Iran. In October he finally got a new residence permit and returned to Kuopio to be with his wife.
Seura
Actor Seppo Pääkkönen, 64, is a new father and a recovering alcoholic.
Anna
Anna Koivula has three reborn-babies.
Iltalehti
73 year old Marjatta Hämäläinen observes Saimaa ringed seals.
Seura
Former ski jumper and coach Mika Kojonkoski
STT/Lehtikuva
Riikka Tuomi used to spend her nights in Katri Vala park in Sörnäinen, Helsinki when she was homeless. Riikka rarely got a good night sleep. She mostly spent her nights doing hard drugs in the park. Now Riikka is clear of drugs, has an apartment and works as an experience expert at No Fixed Abode NGO (VVA Ry).
Ex-gangster Perttu Honkanen helps people, who want out of criminal life.
Iltalehti
Reetta Kokkonen left Jehovah's Witness religion.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Mikko Oravainen grew up in a violent and intoxicant family. Mikko himself has had five violence sentences, the first one in age 15. Mikko has however put his life in order and now studies and works in security business. Mikko is also the single parent of his son Joel. The father and son live together in Suonenjoki.
Apu
Raija Toivonen received a Valkoinen Ruusu Ritarikunta medal on Mother's Day. Raija and her 28 year old son Timo Toivonen, who suffers from spinal muscler atrophy.
Savon Sanomat
Founder of Genelec Oy Ilpo Martikainen.
Iltalehti
Leena Niemelä runs a cat rescue center with her husband in Öllöllä, Joensuu.
Apu
Sakari Kaukosaari used to spend his nights under cover of a loading bridge when he was homeless.
Competitive dance pair Saaga Bruun and Lassi Kokkonen.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Kari Kankkunen got lost under lake ice during a diving job with his partner and was saved just barely because of an aware hunting dog detected them through snow and ice.
Seura
Seppo Ronkainen has caught numerous wolves for GPS tracking with his homemade "vimpain" (widget).
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Suomen Kuvalehti - Valio essayist Antti Vartiainen.
Suomen Kuvalehti
Shot putter Eveliina Rouvali.
Savon Sanomat
Ari Nupponen sold his possesions and moved to Thailand. Ari bought a big sailboat in which he lived in and worked as a diver instructor. When the pandemic hit, Ari lost his job and had to move back to Finland. Ari's boat is still on a dock in Phuket.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Santeri Pakkanen wrote a book about Ingrian Finns "Se tapahtui meille"(It happened to us) with his daughter Lea Pakkanen. Father and daughter are Ingrian Finns themselves.
Viva
Father Andreas is the head of Valamo monastery alcohol production.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Pasi Romo, barbecue man. Pasi shoos his dog Lumi (Snow) of the grill.
Savon Sanomat
Pilot Antti Eskelinen
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Handyman Jorma Vänskä at his workshop.
Savon Sanomat