I just found out that the Finnish First Lady is 5 years younger than Mary, 1 year younger than Marie. She seems so mature (I mean this in the best sense).
She has an impressive CV (especially compared with the CV of Princess Marie). And she writes poems!
Question to Finnish posters: Is she popular in Finland?
About Jenni Haukio and Sauli Niinistö:
President Niinistö's first wife died in a car crash in 1995, Niinistö has two adult sons. Niinistö survived tsunami in 2004, he was on a holiday with his sons and they all survived. I still remember how shocked Niinistö was when he was interviewed after he returned to Finland. Niinistö has written a book about the time after his wife died (("Five Years of Solitude") and he tells about his experiences in tsunami in another book ("Ordinary People at the Mercy of Great Events").
Jenni Haukio met Niinistö when she as the editor of Suomen Nainen, bulletin of the Women's League of the National Coalition Party, went to interview him in the end of 2005. They started dating at the beginning of 2007 and got married in 3rd January 2009. Their marriage came as a total surprise, they had managed to date totally in secret. The news broke at the day they were married. Since then the press has of course been very interested in mrs Haukio, she is a lovely woman and much younger than her husband.
The friends and colleagues of president Niinistö tell that Niinistö fell head over feels in love with Haukio. According to them meeting Haukio has changed Niinistö a lot, he has become more open, friendly and jovial. Niinistö and Haukio tell that they are connected by that they both love writing and reading books, they talk about that a lot at home. They both also love nature and like walks with their dog Lennu. Niinistö said that he feels happier, more secure and comfortable with Haukio. Haukio's friends have described her as an "old soul", who hasn't changed after she came to the public life.
The finnish gossip press was of course excited when Haukio became the First Lady in March 2012. But Jenni Haukio kept her mind, lived a quiet life, didn't search publicity but said that her main work was to support her husband. Haukio also said that she would keep her own job and started as the Programme Director of Turku International Book Fair in February 2012. The stylists tell in magazines how they would dress Haukio, but she keeps her own mind, she has told that she has no stylists but chooses her outfits herself and she wants to wear finnish outfits as much as possible. Haukio has also been praised of her good speeches in various events.
Before Niinistö became president, the couple wasn't keen to attend at celebrity parties but lived a quiet life.
Jenni Haukio is popular in Finland, and respected because of her career and how she approaches her role as the First Lady.
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About mrs Haukio's dress: it is designed by Paola Suhonen, the dress is made of lace and satin. The print has all finnish regional flowers.
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A gallery of Mary and the First Lady on Thursday
Rouva Jenni Haukio tutustui kruununprinsessan seurassa taideoppilaitokseen Kööpenhaminassa Lehtikuva lehtikuva.fi
From Svensk Damtidning
Finlands president är nu på besök hos drottning Margrethe Svensk Damtidning
Galamiddag i Köpenhamn Svensk Damtidning
Gallery
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From Friday, the First Lady Jenni Haukio inaugurated Finnish designer Kaj Frank’s exhibition “Teema with variations" at Designmuseum Danmark.
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Mrs Haukio wears today a brooch of Georg Jensen, a gift from queen Margrethe.
The President met Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt i
Tanskan pääministeri Helle Thorning-Schmidt ja presidentti Sauli Niinistö tapasivat Kööpenhaminassa Lehtikuva lehtikuva.fi
