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Vesa Nenye
Vesa NenyeBoth of Vesa’s parents are award winning photographers and university lecturers as well as keen entomologists. As a result, Vesa and his younger brother Vili ended up spending most of the...view moreVesa NenyeBoth of Vesa’s parents are award winning photographers and university lecturers as well as keen entomologists. As a result, Vesa and his younger brother Vili ended up spending most of their childhood summers in the wilderness of Lapland and Karelia. During these butterfly-hunting expeditions the boys would often discover rusted helmets, empty cartridges and more unrecognizable remnants from World War II. Playing in the abandoned fox holes and fortifications Vesa quite naturally developed his deep interest of Finland’s military history. In 1993 Vesa spent a year as exchange student in South Carolina USA, graduating in the academic top 1% from Stratford High School. He then returned to Finland to complete his college degree. After college Vesa was to following the family’s illustrious military traditions and served his country as a Tank Commander and an Arms & Munitions NCO. Upon leaving the armed forces Vesa became a member of the Panssarikilta - the armoured core heritage society in Finland. After the army Vesa went on to start gaming retail chain with Peter Munter . For a couple of years Vesa studied Logistics at Lahti University before deciding to move to England in order to complete his studies. Vesa now has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Open University and has been working the past decade in the war gaming industry as well as in international sales roles. Apart from keen military history interests Vesa has spent last eight years restoring and renovating an old Methodist chapel. Vesa now lives in Nottingham with his wife and their pet dog. Peter MunterPeter is a true veteran of historical- and strategy-games in Finland. He founded a play by mail business in the times before internet and worked extensively as writer and translator of roleplaying supplements in the late 80s. Peter has also won a Finnish Sci-Fi writing award. During the 90’s Peter scripted and organised some of the biggest historical re-enactment events in Finland, several of them at the request of the local council. The premise of these events was to make Finland’s history more approachable to school children in form of “re-enactment and role-play”, some of the productions were done together with the National Theatre to create a more authentic historical setting and atmosphere. Peter is an ex-Marine from the Finnish Navy and currently works as a Managing Director in a games retail chain that he established with Vesa in 1997. The chain is still going strong today. Peter lives in Lahti, Finland with his three children: Folke (16), Noora (14) and Niklas (12).Toni WirtanenToni Wirtanen’s father was an active member of the Finnish army reservist officer guild, and at a young age Toni got involved with the many activities the army has to offer to volunteer civilians and reservists in Finland. After graduating from high school with highest grades, Wirtanen served in the Kymi Jäger Battalion/Karelian Brigade as an infantry anti-tank specialist. He was discharged with honors as a lance corporal, but has later attained the rank of a corporal due to his activity in the reservist core.The Finnish Defence Forces has subsequently awarded Toni Wirtanen the following decorations:• Panssariristi (Armour Cross)• Maanpuolustusmitali, pronssinen (National Defense medal in bronze)• Sininen Risti (Blue Cross)Toni Wirtanen is best known for his work as the singer/guitarist/songwriter in the rock band Apulanta, founded in 1991. The band has had 21 number 1 hit singles in Finland - a semi-official world record. Apulanta has 29 gold, platinum and/or multi-platinum selling recordings. The band has been awarded an Emma-prize (the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy) several times during it's career. All the Apulanta material has been written by Toni Wirtanen. The band's work continues to receive praise, especially for it's lyrics.Toni Wirtanen also has his own TV-series called "Toni Wirtanen undercover".view less
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