Veikko Ruotsalainen
Veikko Ruotsalainen (born May 12, 1908 , † January 27, 1940 at Summa ) was a Finnish skier.
At the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 , he was a soldier in the Finnish team in the military patrol demonstration competition , which won the silver medal in this discipline . He died in the Battle of Summa during the war between the Soviet Union and Finland . After the war, his relatives received the Cross of Sorrow , which corresponds to the Finnish Cross of Liberty , 4th rank ".
Individual evidence
- ^ Finnish Cross of Liberty 4th class: Cross of Sorrow . www.soviet-uniforms.com. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
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| SURNAME | Ruotsalainen, Veikko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1940 |
| Place of death | at Summa |