Asteroids named after people called Veikko
(1697) Koskenniemi
Named in memory of Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885-1962), the famous Finnish poet, a member of the Academy of Finland, professor of literature at Turku University. In various poems he wrote about the stars, and he was a founder member of the society Torun Ursa for amateur astronomers.Discovered 8 September 1940 by H. Alikoski, Turku