Editing Pertti Mäkinen

{{short description|Finnish sculptor}}
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'''Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen''', born 16 September 1952 in [[Tyrvää]],<ref name="art">{{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}}</ref> is a Finnish sculptor who is the designer of the [[Finnish euro coins|Finnish 1 euro coin]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He has also designed several commemorative coins for the [[Mint of Finland]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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, Finland|Lavia]].<ref name="art"/>

== Works ==
=== Commemorative coins ===
[[File:Albert Edelfelt commemorative coin 2004 1.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Edelfelt]] 100€ commemorative coin (2004)]]
*[[1983 World Championships in Athletics]], 100mk, 1983.
*The Finnish [[European Union]] membership, 10mk, 1995.
*[[Elias Lönnrot]], 10€, 2002.
*[[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|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 ===
[[File:Mikaelsgården.JPG|thumb|''Vanavesi – Kölvattnet'' (2009)]]
*''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, Finland|Lavia]], 1998.
*''Haitarijazz'', [[Kouvola]], 2003.
*''Rakastunut viulu ja mandoliini'', [[Kiikoinen]], 2003.
*''Toriparlamentti'', Pori, 2008.
*''Vanavesi – Kölvattnet'', Pori, 2009.

== References ==
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[[Category:20th-century Finnish sculptors]]
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