Retired politican Seppo Kääriäinen.
Kotiliesi
Opera singer Jorma Hynninen.
Kirkko ja Kaupunki
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
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
Orthopedist Joonas Sirola.
Apu Terveys
Cultural influencer Anja Lappi.
Anna
Leena Niemelä runs a cat rescue center with her husband in Öllöllä, Joensuu.
Apu
Doctor Eino Solje.
Lehtikuva
Reetta Kokkonen left Jehovah's Witness religion.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
35 year old Jyri Roivainen is dying of lung cancer. For the last days of his life, Jyri is in hospice care at home with his family.
Seura
Judoka Pentti Vauhkonen.
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
73 year old Marjatta Hämäläinen observes Saimaa ringed seals.
Seura
Sakari Kaukosaari used to spend his nights under cover of a loading bridge when he was homeless.
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).
Textile designer Satu Nisu.
Savon Media
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
Emergency service dispatcher Leena Partanen.
Seura
Suomen Kuvalehti - Valio essayist Antti Vartiainen.
Suomen Kuvalehti
Disability athlete Marjaana Heikkinen.
Askel
Seppo Ronkainen has caught numerous wolves for GPS tracking with his homemade "vimpain" (widget).
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Artist Anja Santala-Rosala lives with her cat Musta Rudolf.
OP
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
Junioir wrestler Noora Partanen
Demi
Priest of Niuvanniemi criminal mental hospital Annamaija Louheranta.
Kotimaa
Refugees Luai Kasem and Shadya Kur have found a home in a small Finnish town of Keitele.
Savon Sanomat
Harness racing coach and racer Jukka-Pekka Kauhanen.
Iisalmen Sanomat
Competitive dance pair Saaga Bruun and Lassi Kokkonen.
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
Päivi Nissinen suffers from a rare and painful muscle disease. However, Päivi has chosen to take a positive approach to life and lives it to the fullest. Her grandson Mikael has been a big inspiration and help for Päivi.
Apu Terveys
Javelin thrower Antti Ruuskanen.
Iisalmen Sanomat
Sakari Kukkonen, 80, was the linebacker of the first KuPS championship team in 1956. Sakari lives with his brother Veli Kukkonen.
Savon Sanomat
Head of the Pro sports department
in The Finnish Olympic Committee Mika Kojonkoski.
Lännen Media
Racha Abuward, Nasir Abuward, Elina Abuward and Asir Abuward at Tornio refugee center. Family fled to Finland from Palestine.
Keskisuomalainen
Youtubers Kone Man and Metsa Man from Kosula, Tuusniemi.
Savon Sanomat
Founder of Genelec Oy Ilpo Martikainen.
Iltalehti
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
Topi Hallikainen and dog Sisu.
Savon Sanomat
Hobby horse enthusiasts Silja Vehovuori and Nanna Siitonen.
Savon Sanomat
Raija Toivonen receives 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
Pilot Antti Eskelinen
Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Handyman Jorma Vänskä at his workshop.
Savon Sanomat
Shot putter Eveliina Rouvali.
Savon Sanomat
Pohjois-Savo OP real estate CEO Pekka Linna and sales manager Kari Malinen.
Iisalmen Sanomat
Photography artist Myléne Meursault at her exhibition in Varjentiini hall in Heinävesi.
Savon Sanomat
Yoga instructor Marjo Lipponen.
Iisalmen Sanomat