I’ve only heard him talked about online. And even then mostly things like those reddit posts. Kinda like Häyhä.
We had enough soldiers in population to not need that many hero tales passed on. Propaganda during war naturally
Not mentioned much but most people have heard of him from somewhere
Was the picture taken before or after the meth binge? The eyes say after.
I would say that after Simo Häyhä and Lauri Törni he is the most known ordinary soldier (aside from people who became famous after the war for other reasons like Väinö Linna)
Not by name, but I’ve heard of the story before multiple times and my guess is that so have many other people too
Never heard anyone talk about him IRL.
no one really talk about him in school or irl but he is well known on internet
My personal take on these guys is “I wouldn’t expect anything less from a Finn.” Don’t know him tho and he looks like he’s still on drugs on that photo.
I talk about him when I guide trips. It’s a fun/horrifying history story
Yeah, every once in a while when I come across a post about him I remember the story about a soldier on meth who made seemingly impossible things possible, never remember the name though, maybe from now on.
I dunno man, that’s like a basic weekend here in Finland anyway…
Not very well. I think people know him only because of memes.
people recognize the story but don’t know who he is
We are not taught much about single persons but about our elders and their sarcifises. Its not about single great deeds but what good we can do together. There was old video where veterans got guestioned about their things. All the awnsers were pretty much “we did what we had to do” . Finnish people dont like to brag we let the actions do the talking. And we like our peace and freedom not taking it away from anyone
He still looks like he’s tripping his tits off
/r/mina_irl
After he founded Kouvula
“Aimoannos”
Is he the legendary naked meth goblin from the woods ?
I’d still say that the dude was lit. I think i would have just had trip of my life and most likely frozen at some place. Even that the story is quite amusing, those times weren’t a joke so kudos to him surviving that well.
Yes, the piri man
He is quite well known among the conscript soldiers, at least in sodankylä. We actually had a picture of him with some text about his pervitin fueled trip in our room
So the thing about Koivunen is that as far as I know only there is a single source for his adventure and that was written by the man himself. It’s from a 1978 issue of a magazine collecting war memoirs and it is a great read, but also obscure and hard to verify. Until it started making rounds online, very few people had heard of him. If you can read Finnish it is available [here](http://kansataisteli.sshs.fi/Tekstit/1978/Kansa_Taisteli_04_1978.pdf) (page 10-15 of the pdf, or 126-132 of the magazine).
Not really only in online
He came up with recreational use.
The normal war nerds know him, but the general public probably doesn’t. He isn’t as infamous as Simo Häyhä and even Häyhä isn’t *that* well known.
I feel like I’m in the minority since I know him by name. I like obscure history tho.
Where did he get meth in the 1940s?
Yes
Never heard of him
So there was this thread a while back on reddit where someone had dug up an old article from a magazine (from 1978) where Aimo supposedly told the story himself. Fascinating read if you understand Finnish.
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I’ve only heard him talked about online. And even then mostly things like those reddit posts. Kinda like Häyhä.
We had enough soldiers in population to not need that many hero tales passed on. Propaganda during war naturally
Not mentioned much but most people have heard of him from somewhere
Was the picture taken before or after the meth binge? The eyes say after.
I would say that after Simo Häyhä and Lauri Törni he is the most known ordinary soldier (aside from people who became famous after the war for other reasons like Väinö Linna)
Not by name, but I’ve heard of the story before multiple times and my guess is that so have many other people too
Never heard anyone talk about him IRL.
no one really talk about him in school or irl but he is well known on internet
My personal take on these guys is “I wouldn’t expect anything less from a Finn.” Don’t know him tho and he looks like he’s still on drugs on that photo.
I talk about him when I guide trips. It’s a fun/horrifying history story
Yeah, every once in a while when I come across a post about him I remember the story about a soldier on meth who made seemingly impossible things possible, never remember the name though, maybe from now on.
I dunno man, that’s like a basic weekend here in Finland anyway…
Not very well. I think people know him only because of memes.
people recognize the story but don’t know who he is
We are not taught much about single persons but about our elders and their sarcifises. Its not about single great deeds but what good we can do together. There was old video where veterans got guestioned about their things. All the awnsers were pretty much “we did what we had to do” . Finnish people dont like to brag we let the actions do the talking. And we like our peace and freedom not taking it away from anyone
He still looks like he’s tripping his tits off
/r/mina_irl
After he founded Kouvula
“Aimoannos”
Is he the legendary naked meth goblin from the woods ?
I’d still say that the dude was lit. I think i would have just had trip of my life and most likely frozen at some place. Even that the story is quite amusing, those times weren’t a joke so kudos to him surviving that well.
Yes, the piri man
He is quite well known among the conscript soldiers, at least in sodankylä. We actually had a picture of him with some text about his pervitin fueled trip in our room
It was one of the more popular [Spurdo meme variations](https://www.reddit.com/r/Suomi/comments/dof9b9/aina_silloin_t%C3%A4ll%C3%B6in_laudalta_l%C3%B6ytyy_t%C3%A4llaisia/) a few years ago I think.
So the thing about Koivunen is that as far as I know only there is a single source for his adventure and that was written by the man himself. It’s from a 1978 issue of a magazine collecting war memoirs and it is a great read, but also obscure and hard to verify. Until it started making rounds online, very few people had heard of him. If you can read Finnish it is available [here](http://kansataisteli.sshs.fi/Tekstit/1978/Kansa_Taisteli_04_1978.pdf) (page 10-15 of the pdf, or 126-132 of the magazine).
Not really only in online
He came up with recreational use.
The normal war nerds know him, but the general public probably doesn’t. He isn’t as infamous as Simo Häyhä and even Häyhä isn’t *that* well known.
I feel like I’m in the minority since I know him by name. I like obscure history tho.
Where did he get meth in the 1940s?
Yes
Never heard of him
So there was this thread a while back on reddit where someone had dug up an old article from a magazine (from 1978) where Aimo supposedly told the story himself. Fascinating read if you understand Finnish.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Suomi/comments/w8qqpk/aimo_koivunen_pervitiinipartio_kansa_taisteli/
Look at his eyes.
I think he was still amped when they took that photo!
I love the Fins. I was lucky enough to work there years ago. What an experience I had. True, genuine real people. 🙂