PekkaLaitinen.com

Background

Who am I?

A Finn in Sweden. That's me! As many other people in Sweden I'm a so called second generation Finn. So although I have lived almost all my life in Sweden I don't consider myself fully Swedish and also I don't think I'm Finnish either. Maybe I qualify as one of those world citicens then...?

Sweden: my country

Finland: my background

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Professionally

I'm currently a so called IT-professional. And I started my career in the thelecoms sector. Lately I have worked with IT-related stuff mostly in Sweden and in banks. But occasionally making an entry back into the telecom sector when the right opportunity arises.

Current Hobbies

But you can't work all the time, can you? I personally find pleasure in excercising. For me that is: riding a bike for 5 hours. On other times I might read a book about Cognitive Science. Occasionaly I might move to a remote country, althoug not that often! It is a quite expensive hobby

My Name

Pekka is derived from old Finnish name Petrus, which in turn comes from the Greek name Petros and means rock.
Finnish First Names
Laitinen a Eastern Finnish Name

Finland and Crazy Games

The people in finnland probably are the most inventive when it comes to crazy competitions. Have you ever heard of:

The World mosquito-killing Championchips
Wife Carrying World Championships
World Championships in swamp football

or most importantly
The World Sauna Championships