Jukka Rislakki (1945 in Kuusankoski, Finland) is a Finnish journalist, non-fiction writer, and political cartoonist who has published a number of books, mostly on recent history of Finland, the Baltic states, and books on intelligence activities.
Rislakki spent his childhood and youth in Jämsänkoski, completed a BA in political science at the University of Helsinki and worked as a journalist at the Helsingin Sanomat. Rislakki has worked as a foreign desk writer of Helsingin Sanomat and as Sunday issue reporter, most recently as the correspondent in the Baltic states.
Since the beginning af 2002 Rislakki lives in the Latvian coastal resort town Jūrmala, where he works as a freelance journalist, non-fiction writer, and cartoonist. Rislakki is married to a writer and the former Latvian ambassador to Finland and Estonia, Anna Žīgure.[1]
- ^ Tekla Šaitere (19 May 2009). "Rakstniece Anna Žīgure C vitamīnu uzņem ar bērzu lapiņām un ik dienu karājas pie stieņa". Diena. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
Annas Žīgures dzīvesbiedrs, somu žurnālists un rakstnieks Juka Rislaki