player Jukka Paarma – former Archbishop of Turku and Finland Tiia Piili – gymnast Saku Puhakainen – football player Jaska Raatikainen - drummer of the band Children of Bodom Jaana Savolainen - cross country skier Sargeist - Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster – Finnish black metal band Petri Skriko – retired ice-hockey player in the NHL in USA Juha Tiainen – former Olympic gold medallist in hammer throw Mokoma – thrash metal band Battlelore - symphonic metal band Hanna Pakarinen – the first Idols winner in Finland came from Lappeenranta Christian Ruuttu – former ice hockey player in the NHL Vesa Vierikko – Finnish actor Vesa Viitakoski – former ice hockey player in SM-liiga In media Lappeenranta is the setting for Bordertown, the Finnish police drama broadcast by Netflix. Twin towns – sister cities Lappeenranta is twinned with: Rakvere, Estonia Stykkishólmur, Iceland Drammen, Norway Örebro, Sweden Kolding, Denmark Klin, Russia Schwäbisch Hall, Germany Szombathely, Hungary Lake Worth Beach, Florida, US Chernihiv, Ukraine See also Imatra Joensuu Saimaa Canal References External links Official tourism site Official Saimaa tourism site Cities and towns in Finland Inland port cities and towns in Finland Grand Duchy of Finland 1649 establishments in Sweden Populated places established in 1649 Populated lakeshore places in Finland