Roope

Roope Noronen is the president of the American Football Association of Finland, SAJL. Noronen has been the president of SAJL since 2001. Noronen has been vice-president of the European Federation of American Football EFAF since 2001 and is currently elected to serve as Senior Vice-president until 2010. Noronen was also elected into the Executive Board of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) as the European representative in 2006. Noronen has led different committees both in EFAF and in IFAF and is a member of the Tournament Committee of the World Cup tournament held in Japan in 2007. Noronen had served as Legal Officer on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Cheerleading in 2007.

Uncle Scrooge is Roope-setä in Finnish.

One famous bearer of this name is Roope Latvala, rhythm guitarist for Children Of Bodom.