Kimmo Pokkinen's birthday party at the university | human-life-history.science

Carly, Verane, Simon, Kimmo, Virpi, Jenni, Samuli, Martin, Mirkka

Kimmo Pokkinen is a man behind the Finnish church book data which he has been collecting for years. He had a big day recently and there was a fair reason to serve some birthday cake for him at the university. Congratulations!

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