Miina Äkkijyrkkä
Miina Äkkijyrkkä (born Riitta Loiva; 2 July 1949 in Iisalmi, Finland), also known as Liina Lång, is a Finnish artist. She is known for her paintings, drawings and sculptures. She is also a protector of Finncattle, the native Finnish dairy breed.
Also recorded as Riitta Loiva · Liina Lång
Miina Äkkijyrkkä
Teemu Rajala · CC BY 3.0
- Name
- Miina Äkkijyrkkä
- Birth Name
- Riitta Loiva
- Birthplace
- Iisalmi, Finland
- Full name
- Riitta Loiva.
- Born
- 1949 · Iisalmi.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist
- Honours
- Finnish State Prize for Visual Arts
- Languages
- Finnish
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Miina Äkkijyrkkä. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6304425 · wikipedia · Miina Äkkijyrkkä
In this article
Biography
Biography
She is known for her disdain for mainstream culture, and her actions have aroused controversy.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Miina Äkkijyrkkä • Birth Name — Riitta Loiva • Birthplace — Iisalmi, Finland
Personal life
Personal life
Äkkijyrkkä has three children. She stated in 2008 and 2009 that she is on the autism spectrum.
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6304425: Miina Äkkijyrkkä
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Miina Äkkijyrkkä”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Miina Äkkijyrkkä, revision 1366632111 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Astra Film Sibiu: Miina! 2007.
- 2.CV. July 14, 2014.
- 3.Äkkijyrkkä's interview on Apu magazine 31/2008
- 4.TV show Levengood from Finland, broadcast July 7, 2009
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q6304425: Miina ÄkkijyrkkäWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
This entry is compiled from 3 catalogued sources across 3 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation and National Library of Medicine. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Mihail ChemiakinArtist
- Mihail SimeonovArtist
- Mihailo StošovićArtist
- Mihran HakobjanArtist
- Mika TajimaArtist
- Mike BidloArtist
- Mike KelleyArtist
- Mikhail Ivanovich KozlovskyArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Miina Äkkijyrkkä?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.