racing cyclist Kari Tiainen, motorcycle enduro world champion Kasper Kenig, ice hockey player Lauri Toivonen, basketball player Max Kenig, ice hockey player Olli Korkeavuori, ice hockey player Patrick O'Shaughnessy, football player Pekka Vasala, middle and long-distance runner; Olympic champion (1972) in the 1,500 metres Sami Lähteenmäki, SM-Liiga ice hockey player Tero Arkiomaa, ice hockey player Tuomas Viertola, basketball player Politicians Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Member of Parliament Arto Lapiolahti, Member of Parliament Efraim Kronqvist, politician and Riihimäki Red Guard leader in 1918 Helge Sirén, Member of Parliament Iiro Viinanen, politician Päivi Räsänen, politician The arts Liisa Akimof, musician Pekka Autiovuori, actor Torsten Brander, music contributor Tommi Hakala, singer Renny Harlin, film director and film producer Aku Hirviniemi, actor Anita Hirvonen, pop singer Maija Isola, designer Erkki Junkkarinen, singer Janne Kataja, actor Jukka Koskinen, musician Niina Lahtinen, actor Sinikka Laine, writer Emilia Linnavuori, visual artist Nest, music group Lauren Okadigbo, actress Samuli Paronen, writer Veikko Sinisalo, actor Skepticism, music group Seppo Tamminen, artist Jann Wilde, musician and songwriter Other Arvi Paloheimo, industrialist Olli Paloheimo, forester, minister and Jäger Ragnar Granit, physician who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine Veikko Löyttyniemi, journalist Twin towns – sister cities Riihimäki is twinned with: Szolnok, Hungary Skedsmo, Norway Húsavík, Iceland Gus-Khrustalny, Russia Karlskoga, Sweden Aalborg, Denmark Bad Segeberg, Germany References Notes External links Town of Riihimäki – Official website Hyrinet – Hyvinkää–Riihimäki area portal Finnish Glass Museum - Riihimäki Cities and towns in Finland Municipalities of Kanta-Häme Populated places established in 1922 1922 establishments in Finland