Leif Rantala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leif Rantala

Finnish linguist

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1947

Place of Birth: Liljendal, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2015

Profession: translator, linguist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Leif Rantala (26 December 1947, Liljendal – 8 January 2015, Rovaniemi) was a Finnish-Swedish linguist, and a specialist of Sami languages, cultures of history, especially of the Kola Peninsula. Valentina Sovkina characterized Rantala in Facebook with the following words: “He left a large, radiant footprint in the lives of the Sami people, with his interest in and knowledge of the Skolt Sami and the Sami of the Kola Peninsula.”