title: Ossi
text: # Ossi
  
  Ossi may refer to:
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Open Source Seed Initiative, dedicated to maintaining access to plant genetic resources
  * Open Source Software Institute, promoter of open-source software solutions in the US Federal, state and municipal government agencies
  * Organisation of Serbian Students Abroad
  
  ## People
  
  * Ossi (East Germans), a nickname given to former residents of the country East Germany (GDR)
  * Ossian Ossi Blomqvist (1908–1955), Finnish speed skater
  * Oskar "Ossi" Bonde (born 1979), the drummer of the rock band Johnossi
  * Ossi Kauppi (1929–2000), Finnish ice hockey player
  * Ossi Oikarinen (born 1970), Finnish engineer who works in Formula One
  * Ossi Oswalda (1899–1948), German silent film actress
  * Ossi Reichert (1925–2006), German Alpine skier
  * Ossi Runne (1927–2020), Finnish conductor and composer
  * Ossi Sandvik (born 1953), Finnish politician
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
  * Ossi, Sardinia, a city in the province of Sassari, Sardinia
  