Since the name is Finnish the most notable distinction is what I think you have alluded to here. The main difference is that in Finnish the emphasis is on the FIRST syllable and I think this is what you are getting at. As for the first post that started this thread, I would argue this is not entirely correct and the closest to the Finnish pronunciation is a longer O and not short as in golf. Technically it's probably not exactly the same as either the long or the short O in English.