Below is a story I wrote for Profile. Also, in the issue, there's a fairytale version of a version of this. Check it out*.
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According to legend, Icarus didn’t listen to his father and flew too close to the sun, melting his wings. Angry Birds are ready to take their chances to become legendary. Then again, they aim for the moon.

Peter Vesterbacka has been called the most connected man in Finland, which, at face value, might not seem like much. Finland is, after all, a country with just a little over five million people. Vesterbacka’s rolodex, however, is not limited to just Finnish-sounding names.

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Tässä Leijonat-lehdessä ilmestynyt tarina vuoden 1974 kotikisoista ja siitä kuuluisasta "puupronssista".

Lataa pdf tästä (pdf)

Here's a column I wrote for Profile, Finnish Aalto University's School of Economics - my alma mater - magazine about the fear of social media.

“Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include open spaces, crowds (social anxiety), or traveling (even short distances). Agoraphobia is often, but not always, compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack and appearing distraught in public.”

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If you like comics, you may want to read a piece I wrote for Inspire a couple of months ago.

It's safe to say that this one comic book has shaped the Finnish language, even the national psyche, for decades, to the point where Finns consider themselves to be Donald, the duck with no luck at all.

Full story here (as a pdf), or here in a fine Web magazine. It's not all Finland, in case you're wondering.

Dusting off the archives again, trying to move things around a bit. And since these are the days of the draft, what would be better than a little story about Jarmo Kekäläinen, the assistant GM of the St. Louis Blues.

Keep reading.

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Vaikka kukaan ei ehkä ihan varmasti tiedäkään, missä kaikki ruotsalaiset satuhahmot ”oikeasti” asuvat, jo pelkästään Tukholmassa ja sen ympäristössä pääsee helposti satumaailmaan.

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Rohkein lenkki

Suomen Pankki, CNBC, MTV3, Nelonen, Solar Films ja Heikoin lenkki. Siinä uraputki, jonka moni haluaisi kulkea toiseen suuntaan. Ei Kirsi Salo. Ja Kirsi tekee yleensä, mitä haluaa.

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Lisää voimaa penkiltä

Hei, nimeni on Risto ja olen penkkiurheilija. Luen aamun lehdestä ainoastaan talous- ja urheilusivut ja katson televisiosta käytännössä ainoastaan urheilua. Ja, köh, tietenkin luonto- ja ajankohtaisohjelmia. Toki.

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Sydän on korvien välissä

Kun ruotsalainen palloilujoukkue ajautuu kriisiin, lehdistä saadaan nopeasti lukea psykologiavusta. Henkinen valmennus on maassa vahvassa nousussa. Monella Elitserien-joukkueista on henkinen valmentaja.

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Yhä useampi työssäkäyvä haluaisi pitää pienen tauon, huilata hetken ja ladata akkujaan. Suomessa siihen on hyvä mahdollisuus vuorotteluvapaan kautta.

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Nisse Häggblom is the dynamo of the Finnish outboard motor museum in Porvoo. The museum is an homage to outboards, the company he served for 50 years, and for a boy that grew to be a man.

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Hard core sports fans are a special group of people. They are committed to their teams, they want to know all about the players and they’re ready to pay for the information. Surprisingly enough, a real hard core sports fan looking for cool wireless services has to look hard.

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Roger Talermo has always enjoyed challenges ranging from downhill skiing to sailing, starting up new companies and turning around old ones. That’s why Talermo and Amer were a perfect fit almost ten years ago when he became the CEO. Amer was definitely a challenge.

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Michael Jackson is the self-proclaimed “King of Pop,” so Jaakko Salovaara may just have to be the future “Duke of Dance.” However, Salovaara is no Wacko Jaakko.

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Tony Buzan is a poet, author, lecturer, creator of the mind map, rowing coach and the world record holder of the creative intelligence IQ. But underneath the mind maps and speed-reading methods lies a beautiful idea: we’re all smart.

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Alexander Ovechkin is a Dynamo man, has always been and in his heart, always will be. Born in Moscow, Ovechkin grew up idolizing Alexander Maltsev. It doesn’t matter that Maltsev had retired a year before Ovechkin was born. Maltsev is arguably the greatest Dynamo player ever, and Ovechkin is shooting for that level.

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Tässä muutama Leijona-lehdessä syksyllä 2010 ilmestynyt artikkelini.

» Ville Peltonen, jääkiekon ikuinen oppilas (pdf)

» Pojasta tähdeksi, nopeasti! (pdf)

» Tapparan kuuskasit: Syntyneet voittamaan (pdf)

Selected samples of stuff that I've done over the years.
Suomeksi listan alapäässä.

Profiles:

Hockey:
Henrik Lundqvist, NY Rangers goalie (Scanorama)
Jarmo Kekäläinen, St. Louis Blues assistant GM (Profile)
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals star (The Sporting News)

Other profiles:
Tony Buzan, creator of the mindmap (Profile)
Roger Talermo, CEO of Amers Sports (Profile)
Nisse Häggblom, boat and water sports enthusiast

Other:
Sports tech (Ericsson's On)
Ed Belfour arrives in Sweden (ESPN)

Suomeksi:
Sapattivapaa (Ekonomi)
Henkinen valmennus (Jääkiekkolehti)
Kolumni penkkiurheilusta Veikkauksen "X"
Kirsi Salo (Ekonomi)
Antti Törmänen (Ekonomi)
Missä Peppi Pitkätossu asuu? (Merelle)