Heikki Häiväoja

Heikki Aulis Häiväoja (May 25, 1929 in Jämsä, Finland — September 15, 2019 in Kauniainen[1]), was a Finnish sculptor and designer of the Finnish euro coins[2] design for the minor and middle series of coins.[3] All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint on one side, and a national design on the other: The heraldic Finnish lion in a new version designed by the Heikki Häiväoja.[4]

References

  1. ^ Jämsän Seutu: Taiteilija Heikki Häiväoja on kuollut. Yleisradio 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Finland". European Central Bank. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ Nickels, Brita (2006). Grave sculpture as interpreter of life and death: Grave sculptures done by Heikki Häiväoja, Kain Tapper and Matti Peltokangas 1952–2002. Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine Ph.D. thesis. University of Helsinki. ISBN 952-10-3407-6. In Finnish, with an English abstract.
    "Suomen kuvataiteilijat – HÄIVÄOJA, HEIKKI Aulis – taiteellinen työ" (in Finnish). Kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli. 2007-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
    "Finnish National Gallery – Art Collections – Häiväoja, Heikki". Finnish National Gallery. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  4. ^ Finland 50 Cent coin described by the Bank of Finland. Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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