Pertti Mäkinen
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Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen, born 16 September 1952 in Tyrvää,{{cite web|url=https://kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/taiteilija/pertti-kalervo-makinen|title=Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen|publisher=Finnish Art Society|date=|accessdate=15 December 2018|language=fi}} is a Finnish sculptor who is the designer of the Finnish 1 euro coin.{{cite web|url=https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/eurocoins/finland-euro-coins|title=Finland Euro Coins|publisher=Fleur de Coin|date=|accessdate=15 December 2018}} He has also designed several commemorative coins for the Mint of Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/changeover/2002/html/index.en.html#/search/Pertti%20M%C3%A4kinen/1|title=Finland|publisher=European Central Bank|accessdate=17 January 2024}}
Mäkinen worked as a metal worker before entering an art school in the Finnish town Kankaanpää in 1976. After his graduation in 1979, Mäkinen has worked as a sculptor. He lives and works in Lavia.
Works
= Commemorative coins =
File:Albert Edelfelt commemorative coin 2004 1.jpg 100€ commemorative coin (2004)]]
- 1983 World Championships in Athletics, 100mk, 1983.
- The Finnish European Union membership, 10mk, 1995.
- Elias Lönnrot, 10€, 2002.
- 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships, 5€, 2003.
- 2004 enlargement of the European Union, 2€, 2004.
- Tove Jansson, 10€, 2004.
- Albert Edelfelt, 100€, 2004.
- 60 years of peace, 10€, 2005.
- Åland convention 150 years, 5€, 2006.
- Parliament of Finland 100 years, 2€/10€, 2006.
- Women's suffrage 100 years, 2€, 2006.
- Fredrik Pacius 200 years, 10€, 2009.
- Henrik Wigström 150 years, 10€/20€, 2012.
- Literacy, 10€, 2014.
- Eino Leino, 2€/100€, 2016.
= Public sculptures =
- Raivaajapatsas, Lapua, 1983.
- Merenkulun muistomerkki, Oulu, 1985.
- Päivänkierto, Pori 1990.
- Lauri Viita monument, Tampere, 1991.
- Uittomiehen kosinta, Sastamala, 1992.
- Memorial of the Battle of Sampakoski, Lavia, 1998.
- Haitarijazz, Kouvola, 2003.
- Rakastunut viulu ja mandoliini, Kiikoinen, 2003.
- Toriparlamentti, Pori, 2008.
- Vanavesi – Kölvattnet, Pori, 2009.
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Category:People from Satakunta
Category:20th-century Finnish sculptors