Much of the music of Finland is influenced by Karelian traditional tunes and lyrics, as comprised in the Kalevala. Karelian culture is perceived as the purest expression of the Finnic myths and beliefs, less influenced by Germanic influence, in contrast to Finland's position between the East and the West. Finnish folk music has undergone a roots revival in recent decades, and has become a part of popular music. The people of northern Finland, the Sami, have their own musical traditions, collectively Sami music. Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ... The Sami (or Lapp, Laplanders) people live in the northern sections of Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Kola Peninsula (Karelia, Russia). ... Humppa is a type of music from Finland. ... Koistinen concert kantele with 38 strings A kantele, Finnish (or kannel) in Estonian, is a traditional plucked string instrument. ... Much of the music of Finland is influenced by Karelian traditional tunes and lyrics, as comprised in the Kalevala. ... Finnish rock refers to rock music made in Finland. ... Finnish rock refers to rock music made in Finland. ... Finnish hip hop music is an increasingly robust part of the Finnish music scene. ... Suomisaundi (sometimes called psy-fi, suomistyge, suomisoundi, forest trance or spugedelic trance) is a style of freeform psychedelic trance, originating from Finland. ... Finno-Ugric music includes the music of Ural mountains and Uralic language speaking people: Estonia, Finland, Hungary (and Hungarians in Romania and Vojvodina), Russia and the Sami music of Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden. ... The Komi Republic is a region of Russia. ... Mordovia is a region of Russia. ... Nenetsia is a region in Russia, inhabited by the Nenets. ... Udmurtia is a Russian region. ... Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ... The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish folk lore in the 19th century. ... Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refers to a group of related ethnic groups and nations speaking Finnic languages (also known as Balto-Finnic languages). ... The phrase The East has multiple meanings: Eastern society, referring to a specific worldview U.S. Eastern states, East Coast of the United States This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ... Sami flag The Sami People (there are other names and spellings including Sámi, Saami and Lapp) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. ... The Sami (or Lapp, Laplanders) people live in the northern sections of Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Kola Peninsula (Karelia, Russia). ...

Modern Finnish popular music includes a renowned death metal scene, in common with other Nordic countries, as well as a number of prominent rock bands, jazz musicians and hip hop performers. Finnish popular music also includes a large amount of opera and various kinds of dance music; tango, a style of Argentinian music, is also popular. Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Nordic music includes a diverse array of popular, folk and classical styles found in a number of Northern European, especially Scandinavian, countries. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... Tango music is traditionally played by an orquesta típica, a sextet which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons. ... Leading Argentine singer, Mercedes Sosa (right), with the First Lady of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, September 2005 Internationally, Argentina is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. ...

Folk music

There are two major traditions of folk music of Finland, kalevalaic music and pelimanni music. The kalevalic music is the older one, its most important form called rune chanting or rune singing. It is a four-footed trochaic form using only the first five notes of a scale. Highly alliterative, rune chanting doesn't rhyme and frequently tells stories about heroes like Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen and Kullervo. The songs were memorised, not written down, and performed by a soloist, or by soloist and chorus in antiphony. Songs of this kind were compiled by Elias Lönnrot into the Finnish national epic Kalevala, which after its second publication in 1848 inspired a rise in Finnish nationalism. Alliteration is a stylistic device or literary technique in which successive words (stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter. ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar terminal sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. ... Illustration from the Kalevala, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1896. ... In Finnish mythology, Lemminkäinen is a god of magic, or else a sorceror who could sing the sand into pearls. Lemminkäinen is good looking, yellow wavy haired, and young. ... Kullervos Curse by Akseli Gallen-Kallela In the Finnish Kalevala, Kullervo was the ill-fated son of Kalervo. ... This article is about the musical term. ... Elias Lönnrot ( ) (April 9, 1802 – March 19, 1884) was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. ... The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish folk lore in the 19th century. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

A form of rhyming sleigh song called rekilaulu became popular in the 17th century. Despite opposition from most of the churches in Finland, rekilaulu remained popular and is today a common element in pop songs. Since the 1920s, several popular Finnish performers have used rekilaulu as an integral part of their repertoire. Early pioneers in this field of pop rekilaulu included Arthur Kylander, while Erkki Rankaviita and Pinnin Pojat have kept the tradition alive. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Arthur Arkadius Kylander (February 16, 1892-1968) was Finnish-American folk musician, singer, song-writer, mandolinist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. ...

Pelimanni music is tonal, and is the Finnish version of the Nordic folk dance music. It came to Finland from Central Europe via Scandinavia starting in the 17th century, and in the 19th century the pelimanni music replaced the kalevaic tradition. Pelimanni music was generally played on fiddle and clarinet. Later, also harmonium and various types of accordions were used. Common dances in the pelimanni traditions include polska, polka, mazurka, schottische, quadrille, waltz and minuet. Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchical pitch relationships around a key center or tonic. ... Nordic folk dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in all four Nordic countries. ... Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. ... The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ... Two soprano clarinets: a B♭ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... A Harmonium or Reed Organ is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a pipe organ. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Street musicians in Prague playing a polka Polka is a type of dance, and also a genre of dance music. ... The mazurka (Polish: mazurek, probably named after Polands Masuria district) is a Polish folk dance in triple metre with a lively tempo, containing a heavy accent on the third or second beat. ... The Schottische is a partnered country dance, Bohemian in origin, that is two short runs and a hop followed by four turning hop steps: step step step hop, step step step hop, step hop step hop step hop step hop. ... This article is about the dance. ... The waltz (G.: Walzer, It. ... A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. ...

Early in the 20th century, the region of Kaustinen became a center of innovation for pelimanni music. Friiti Ojala and Antti Järvelä were influential fiddlers of the period. Konsta Jylhä and the other members of Purpuripelimannit formed in 1946 became perhaps the most influential group of this classical period. Well-known Finnish folk music groups of today in the Kaustinen tradition include JPP, Frigg (although part Norwegian) and Troka. A group more focussed on the singing traditions and the kantele is Värttinä. Another important folk musician of today is accordionist Maria Kalaniemi. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Kaustinen (Kaustby in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... In Finnish fiddling, Konsta Jylhä (1910 - 1984) was a folk-virtuoso who made traditional folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... JPP playing at Folkest, Italy. ... Värttinä (Finnish for spindle) is a Finnish folk music band that was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Maria Kalanemi (born 1964) is a Finnish accordeonist. ...

Common instruments today also include trumpets, horns and whistle. Important musical virtuosos are Leena Joutsenlahti, Teppo Repo and Virpi Forsberg. More traditional Finnish instruments include the kantele, which is a chordophone, and was used in the Kalevala by the hero Väinämöinen. The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba. ... The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into a coiled form, now with finger-operated valves to help control the pitch but originally without valves to control the pitch. ... A whistle is a one-note woodwind instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. ... Koistinen concert kantele with 38 strings A kantele, Finnish (or kannel) in Estonian, is a traditional plucked string instrument. ... A chordophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. ... Illustration from the Kalevala, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1896. ...

In the 20th century, influences from modern music and dances such as jazz and foxtrot led to distinctively Finnish forms of dance music such as humppa and jenkka. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... This article is about the dance. ... Humppa is a type of music from Finland. ...

Sami music

Main article: Sami music The Sami (or Lapp, Laplanders) people live in the northern sections of Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Kola Peninsula (Karelia, Russia). ...

The Sami (Laplanders) of northern Finland, Sweden and Norway are known primarily for highly spiritual songs called joik. The same word sometimes refers to lavlu or vuelie songs, though this is technically incorrect. The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ... Yoik or juoiggus is a traditional Sami form of song. ...

Classical & Opera

Vårt land (Maamme), the national anthem of Finland, from 1863

In the 18th century, public concerts were established in Turku and Erik Tulindberg wrote six very famous string quartets. After Russia's 1809 annexation of Finland, the cities of Viipuri and Helsinki became cultural centers and opera became very popular. The first Finnish opera was written by the German composer Fredrik Pacius in 1852. Pacius also wrote Maamme/Vårt land (Our Land), Finland's national anthem. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (876x1136, 556 KB) VÃ¥rt land: för en röst, kör och fortepiano-accomp Front page of VÃ¥rt land (Maamme), the national anthem of Finland, from year 1863. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (876x1136, 556 KB) VÃ¥rt land: för en röst, kör och fortepiano-accomp Front page of VÃ¥rt land (Maamme), the national anthem of Finland, from year 1863. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Turku (IPA: , Swedish:  ), founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 174,868 (as of 2005). ... Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814) was a Finnish musician and composer, known for classical music. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Not to be confused with the Danish town and county of Viborg in Jutland Viapori, a Finnish transcription of Sveaborg, better known as Suomenlinna castle Vyborg from the tower of the castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian Выборг) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Fredrik Pacius (or Friedrich Pacius) (1809-1891) was German composer and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Maamme in The Tales of Ensign StÃ¥l Our land, Maamme (Finnish) or VÃ¥rt land (Swedish), is the title of Finlands de facto national anthem. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nations government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ...

In 1874 the Society for Culture and Education (Kansanvalistusseura) was founded in order to provide opportunities for artistic expression, beginning with the Jyväskylä festival in 1881. The festival, organized on Estonian roots, still exists today. In 1882, the Helsinki University Chorus (Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat) was founded as one of the few Finnish-language choirs in the mostly Swedish-speaking scene. The same year conductor Robert Kajanus founded what is known as the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Martin Wegelius founded what is now known as the Sibelius Academy. Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Fireworks in Jyväskylä Jyväskylä (IPA: [jyʋæsËŒkylæ]) is a city located in central Finland, 147 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near the lakes Päijänne and Keitele. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Swedish in Finland: white = officially monolingual Finnish-speaking municipalities (Sami bilingual municipalities not shown), light blue = bilingual municipalities with Finnish as majority language, darker blue = bilingual municipalities with Swedish as majority language, darkest blue = monolingual Swedish-speaking municipalities and province. ... Robert Kajanus (2 December 1856 - 6 July 1933) was a Finnish conductor and composer. ... The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish: Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri) is an orchestra in Helsinki, Finland. ... The Sibelius Academy in downtown Helsinki. ...

In the 1890s Finnish nationalism based on the Kalevala spread, and Jean Sibelius became famous for his vocal symphony Kullervo. He soon received a grant to study runo singers in Karelia and continued his rise as the first prominent Finnish musician. In 1899 he composed Finlandia, which played its important role in Finland gaining independence. He remains one of Finland's most popular national figures and is a symbol of the nation. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution. ... Sibelius redirects to this article. ... Kullervos Curse by Akseli Gallen-Kallela In the Finnish Kalevala, Kullervo was the ill-fated son of Kalervo. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Finlandia is a symphonic poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. ...

Along Sibelius, the national romanticism sprouted a number of composers who all contributed in the formation of a distinct Finnish style of music. Heino Kaski was a composer of small chamber music pieces, Yrjö Kilpinen composed a vast number of solo songs, as well as Leevi Madetoja and Toivo Kuula. Heino Kaski (21 June 1885, Pielisjärvi – 20 September 1957, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer and pianist. ... Yrjö Kilpinen (February 4, 1892 – March 2, 1959) was a Finnish composer. ... Leevi Antti Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) was a Finnish composer. ... Picture of Toivo Kuula taken in 1903 Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 - 18 May 1918) was a Finnish conductor and composer. ...

Aino Ackté and other prominent opera singers founded the Domestic Opera in 1911. Ackté also began a festival in Savonlinna the following year; this was the ancestor of the Savonlinna Opera Festival, which appeared in the 1960s, shortly before Finnish opera became world famous in the 1970s. Finnish soprano Aino Ackté Aino Ackté (23 July 1876, Helsinki – 8 August 1944, Vihti, original surname Achte) was a Finnish soprano. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Savonlinna or Nyslott in Swedish, (literally Newcastle) is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. ... St. ... Dr. Seuss Jean Shepherd Ringo Starr John Steinbeck Gloria Steinem Tom Stoppard Hunter S. Thompson Gore Vidal Peter Vincent Kurt Vonnegut Andy Warhol Alan Watts Bob Weir Brian Wilson Tom Wolfe There were six Olympics held during the decade. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Leevi Madetoja's 1924 Pohjalaisia, an operatic allegory about Russian oppression during the previous few years, became extremely popular during the 1920s. At roughly the same time, Aarre Merikanto composed the opera Juha to the libretto by Aino Ackté, who rejected it and asked Leevi Madetoja to compose another version instead; Merikanto's Juha was first performed after the composers death, and now it is known as one of the best works of Finnish opera. The 1930s saw composers like Uuno Klami and Yrjö Kilpinen rise to popularity with nationalist works. Swedish-speaking composers like Einar Englund and Erik Bergman also worked with a more continental attitude. In the 1940s, Joonas Kokkonen and Usko Meriläinen gained popularity and added important technical innovations to Finnish music. The 1950s saw an increase in international attention on Finnish music and soon helped modernize Finnish composition. Leevi Antti Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) was a Finnish composer. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Pohjalaisia is a three act opera by Leevi Madetoja composed during the years 1920-1923. ... An allegory (from Greek αλλος, allos, other, and αγορευειν, agoreuein, to speak in public) is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than (and in addition to) the literal. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Aarre Merikanto (June 29, 1893 - September 29, 1958) was a Finnish composer. ... Juha as a duo in 2003 This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Finnish soprano Aino Ackté Aino Ackté (23 July 1876, Helsinki – 8 August 1944, Vihti, original surname Achte) was a Finnish soprano. ... Leevi Antti Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) was a Finnish composer. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Uuno Klami (September 20, 1900 - May 29, 1961) was a Finnish composer. ... Yrjö Kilpinen (February 4, 1892 – March 2, 1959) was a Finnish composer. ... Sven Einar Englund (June 17, 1916–June 27, 1999) was a Finnish composer. ... Erik Bergman (born 1911) is an influential composer of classical music from Finland. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Joonas Kokkonen (November 21, 1921 – October 1 or 2, 1996) was a Finnish composer. ... Usko Meriläinen (January 2, 1930 - November 12, 2004) was a Finnish composer. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ...

Aulis Sallinen started a new wave of Finnish opera in the 1970s with works like Ratsumies and Punainen viiva. Punainen viiva among the other operas by Sallinen were immediately recognized all over the globe. Magnus Lindberg is probably the most successful living Finnish composer. Other important contemporary composers include Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kaija Saariaho and Jouni Kaipainen. Aulis Sallinen (1935–) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Magnus Lindberg (born June 27, 1958) is a Finnish composer. ... Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music, probably the best known Finnish composer of his generation. ... Kaija Saariaho (born October 14, 1952) is a Finnish composer. ... Jouni Kaipainen (born November 24, 1956) is a Finnish composer. ...

Finland has a very lively classical music scene: Finnish classical music has only existed for about a hundred years, and many of the important composers are still alive! The composers are accompanied with a large number of great conductors such as Mikko Franck, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Susanna Mälkki, Leif Segerstam and so on. Mikko Franck (January 2, 1979- ) is a Finnish conductor. ... Esa-Pekka Salonen ( ) (born June 30, 1958 in Helsinki) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. ... Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born April 22, 1956) is a Finnish conductor. ... Susanna Mälkki (born Helsinki, Finland, 13th March 1969) is a Finnish conductor. ... Leif Segerstam (born March 2, 1944) is a Finnish conductor and composer. ...

Finnish popular music

Iskelmä (coined directly from the German word Schlager, meaning hit) is a traditional Finnish word for a light popular song. Georg Malmstén started his career in the 1930s. After World War II and pre-rock music era, such names as Olavi Virta or Tapio Rautavaara, for example, were among the most popular male singing stars in Finland, and Toivo Kärki and Reino Helismaa most popular song-writers. Such foreign musical genres as tango would find their domestic audience as their Finnish appropriations. Laila Kinnunen, Annikki Tähti, Brita Koivunen and Vieno Kekkonen were some of the most acclaimed Finnish chanteuses of this time period. From the late 1960s, Irwin Goodman (a.k.a. Antti Hammarberg), combining iskelmä and protest songs, would gain popularity with the humorous tunes penned by Vexi Salmi, who would become one of the most laborious writer of lyrics also for other Finnish artists. Juha "Watt" Vainio was another popular song-writer, known not only for Finnish renditions of many international hits but also for his own songs and being a performer on his own right. In the 1970s, hugely successful "Finnhits" compilation records of various artists would continue in the iskelmä tradition. Also rural-flavoured humppa would prove to be a successful variation of iskelmä, later on parodied by the band Eläkeläiset. Other popular Finnish iskelmä singers are among all Katri-Helena, Danny (a.k.a. Ilkka Lipsanen), Fredi, Eino Grön, Erkki Junkkarinen, Frederik (a.k.a. Ilkka Sysimetsä), Marion Rung, Tapani Kansa, Kirka (a.k.a. Kirill Babitzin), Matti & Teppo, Jari Sillanpää, and Kikka Sirén. The annual Eurovision Song Contest has been avidly followed in Finland and eagerly participated by the singers voted to the contest by national juries, and were finally successful in 2006 with the melodic heavy rock band Lordi. Schlager (German Schlager, literally something that hits or, more loosely translated, a hit) is a style of popular music that is prevalent in northern Europe, in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Latvia and Lithuania, but also to a lesser extent in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. ... Combatants Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total... Olavi Virta (originally to 1926 Oskari Olavi Ilmen) (27 February 1915, Sysmä - 14 July 1972, Tampere) was a Finnish singer. ... The multitalented Tapio Rautavaara (March 8, 1915 - September 25, 1979) of Finland was successful and famous as an athlete, performing artist and actor. ... Reino Vihtori Repe Helismaa (12 July 1913 - 21 January 1965) was a Finnish singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter, mainly known from his humorous, yet homely songs. ... Tango music is traditionally played by an orquesta típica, a sextet which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons. ... Laila Kinnunen (born November 8, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland, died October 26, 2000, Heinävesi, Finland) was a Finnish singer. ... Irwin Goodman (real name: Antti Yrjö Hammarberg, 14 September 1943, Hämeenlinna – 14 January 1991, Hamina) was a popular Finnish singer. ... A protest song is often a kind of folk music, but in recent times protest songs come from all genres of music, including punk rock and hip hop. ... Juha Watt Vainio (born May 5, 1938 in Kotka, Finland; died October 29, 1990) was a Finnish singer, songwriter and translator of song lyrics. ... Humppa is a type of music from Finland. ... Eläkeläiset (Finnish for pensioners) is a Finnish humppa band founded 1994. ... Danny is the 101st most common male name in the United States according to the 1990 census. ... Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen, also known as Danny, is a singer and guitarist (born 24 September 1942, Pori). ... Alfred Hernando Hueso (Valencia 1957), known as Fredi, is a retired Valencian pilota professional player working now as a pilota businessman. ... // Meaning Frederick Origin: Old German Meaning: peaceful ruler People Frederick is also a common male forename. ... Marion Rung (b. ... Kirill Kirka Babitzin (September 22, 1950 – January 31, 2007) was one of Finlands most famous popular musicians. ... Jari sillanpää (born August 16, 1965, Ludvika, Sweden) is one of the Finlands most popular singers. ... Kikka (Kirsi Hannele Sirén, b. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ... Lordi is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Finland, and winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, formed in 1997 by Tomi Putaansuu (known as Mr. ...

Rock and pop music

Suomirock is the word that means Finnish rock music. Rock arrived in Finland in the 1950s. Founded in the 1960s, Love Records was one of the first domestic record labels dedicated to Finnish rock music, even though the label's roster also included jazz and political songs. During the late 1960s, Blues Section, a group inspired by Jimi Hendrix and The Who gained the reputation of being "the first Finnish band of international quality". During the 1970s, progressive rock groups like Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti received critical acclaim in the United Kingdom, but fame evaded them. A hard-rocking group called The Hurriganes was popular in Sweden as well as in Finland, but not further afield. Hector, Juice Leskinen, Dave Lindholm and many other successful artists of the 70s sang their lyrics in Finnish, a trend that has continued to this day. Finnish rock refers to rock music made in Finland. ... Love Records was a record label from Finland, which would release in its time 384 LPs, 253 C-cassettes, 347 singles and 24 EPs. ... Finnish rock refers to rock music made in Finland. ... Blues Section is considered a seminal and ground-breaking band in Finnish rock music. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. ... Wigwam is a Finnish progressive rock band formed in 1968, after the split of the seminal Blues Section, with whom drummer Ronnie Österberg had played before. ... Tasavallan Presidentti was a Finnish progressive rock band. ... Heikki Veikko Harma (born April 20, 1947, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter who has also distinguished himself as a translator of song lyrics. ... Pauli Matti Juhani Leskinen (born February 19, 1950 in Juankoski, Finland died October 25, 2006 in Tampere), better known as Juice Leskinen, is one of the most prominent Finnish singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. ...

The punk movement arrived in Finland in 1977 and had a great influence on the Finnish youth culture, Pelle Miljoona being the most famous Finnish punk singer. Another popular band, Eppu Normaali, also started during this time period, (later to change it's style from punk to rock and become the most popular Finnish band to date). At the same time, Finland also had a massive Ted movement of Elvis and rockabilly fans. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Martti Syrjä Eppu Normaali is one of the most popular bands in Finland. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest and most important styles of rock n’ roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ...

In 1980s most favoured artists were punkish Dingo and heavy-hearted Yö, both singing their lyrics in Finnish. In the underground, Ismo Alanko, considered by many as the foremost Finnish rock lyricist, gained a legendary status with his punkish groups Hassisen Kone and Sielun Veljet. Kauko Röyhkä was another literate underground icon, leaning musically towards Velvet Underground. The 80s showed short international fame for punk style glam rock band Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks have been cited as an influence by major bands such as Guns n' Roses. Smack was another successful Finnish band of same style. Heavy metal was very popular in Finland during the 80s, producing groups like Zero Nine and Stone, the latter being a fondly remembered speed metal act. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Dingo is a Finnish rock band formed around 1984 which fused Finnish melancholy with catchy pop melodies. ... Yö (Night) is a Finnish rock band, established in 1981. ... Ismo Kullervo Alanko (born November 12, 1960, Helsinki, Finland) is a popular Finnish rock singer/songwriter. ... Sielun Veljet (Soul Brothers or Brothers of Soul) was a Finnish band, who started in the early 1980s and split after their 1991 3-CD Musta laatikko. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and roll music, which initially surfaced in the post-Hippie early 1970s. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band. ...

Though Finnish bands tend to write their lyrics in English as to leave their music open to countries outside of native Finnish boundaries, in the 1990s bands such as Apulanta, Miljoonasade, Ultra Bra and the shamanic art-punk group CMX had found their share of success with Finnish lyrics. The hard-to-define electronic country garage rock group 22 Pistepirkko got excellent reviews in the Finnish rock press and has reached some kind of a cult status in Central Europe. Some other notable Finnish cult rock groups of this era are the psychedelic, Hendrixian Kingston Wall and equally psychedelic but gothic, gloomy, and heavy Mana Mana. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Apulanta is a Finnish rock band, founded in 1991 when its members were in their mid-teens. ... Ultra Bra was a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen, and disbanded in 2001. ... CMX is a Finnish rock band. ... 22-Pistepirkko by Ben Kaila 22-Pistepirkko is a Finnish popular music band formed in 1980. ... Kingston Wall was a psychedelic/progressive rock group from Helsinki, Finland. ...

Nightwish, Amorphis, Waltari, Stratovarius, Kotipelto, Sentenced, Sonata Arctica, Finntroll, Children of Bodom, Charon, HIM, and The 69 Eyes have had success in European and Japanese heavy metal and hard rock scenes since the 1990s, and has been gaining popularity rapidly in the United States since the late 1990s. In the later 1990s the symphonic metal group Apocalyptica played Metallica cover songs as cello quartettos and sold half a million records worldwide. The recently retired Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus were one of Finland's most popular metal acts in the early 2000s, having risen from the ashes of late 1980s - early 1990s cult band Lyijykomppania. Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen in 1990. ... Waltari logo Waltari is a musical group from Finland. ... Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Kotipelto is the name for the solo project of Timo Kotipelto, the vocalist of power metal pioneers Stratovarius. ... Sentenced was a heavy metal band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Despite their death metal beginnings, the Finnish band Charon play goth rock-influenced metal nowadays, and rely on a combination of melody and atmosphere to deliver their own melancholic brand of music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... Apocalyptica is a Finnish band consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2003, a drummer. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus is a Metal band from Finland. ... Lyijykomppania (Lead Company) is a Finnish heavy metal band. ...

Most recently, the Finnish heavy metal band Lordi won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with a record 292 points, giving Finland its first ever victory. The song they used was "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and they celebrated this with a free concert in Market Square in Helsinki, Finland, on 26 May 2006. Lordi is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Finland, and winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, formed in 1997 by Tomi Putaansuu (known as Mr. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ...

Another band to enjoy recent commercial success is The Rasmus. After eleven years together and several domestic releases, the band finally captured Europe. Their Dead Letters album sold 1.5 million units worldwide and garnered them eight gold and five platinum album designations. The single "In The Shadows" placed on Top 10 charts in eleven countries and was the most played video on MTV Europe for 2005. The Helsinki natives released their followup album, Hide From The Sun, domestically in 2005. The album has a U.S. release date of 10.10.2006. To promote the album's US release, the band has toured with the Welsh band Lostprophets, a band that has gained a great deal of success in both Europe and the United States. Lostprophets are a Welsh rock band formed in 1997. ...

HIM in 2005

From the beginning of 2000, HIM reached greater sales and more international success as an Alternative Rock band. Several Finnish bands have followed the lead of that band. Entwine, Lullacry, and Poisonblack are just a few Finnish bands of these genres. Image File history File links HIM_-_band. ... Image File history File links HIM_-_band. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Entwine is a Finnish gothic-doom metal band. ... The band Lullacry: Sami, Sauli, Tanja, Jukka and Heavy Lullacry is a melodic metal band with goth influences that hails from Helsinki, Finland. ... Poisonblack are a Finnish metal band, specialising in the modern style of gothic metal the country is becoming ever more renowned for. ...

Melodic death metal has long been popular throughout northern Europe. Some notable Finnish Melodic Death Metal bands include Norther, Kalmah, Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Mors Principium Est, Rapture, and Eternal Tears of Sorrow. Many Finnish heavy metal bands such as Children of Bodom, and Wintersun, are not primarily Death Metal, but are heavily influenced by the genre. It has been suggested that Scandinavian death metal be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Scandinavian death metal be merged into this article or section. ... Norther is a melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland whose style incorporates elements of heavy metal, black metal and power metal. ... Kalmah is a melodic death metal band from Finland. ... Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Finland, influenced by doom metal, playing songs about sorrow, death, and loss. ... Omnium Gatherum are a melodic black/death metal band band from Finland. ... Mors Principium Est are a melodeath metal band from Finland. ... Rapture is a band formed in 1997 by a group of musicians from and around Helsinki, Finland. ... Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a melodic death metal band, that incorporates symphonic metal music in their songs. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Wintersun is a Finnish progressive metal[1] band with power metal[2] and melodic black metal[3] influences founded by ex-Ensiferum frontman Jari Mäenpää. // The first Wintersun album was supposed to be a side-project of Ensiferum member Jari Mäenpää. However, the Ensiferum Europe tour was unfortunately...

Finland also has its share of hip-hop bands. One of these is Bomfunk MC's, which has become popular in Central Europe. During the 2000s, the Finnish hip-hop scene has gained strength. Hardcore punk is also popular in Finland, including bands such as Endstand, I Walk the Line, and Lighthouse Project. Bomfunk MCs is a Finnish rap/electro act, formed in 1998. ... Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Hardcore punk (usually referred to simply as hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... Endstand are a Finnish Hardcore punk band formed in Riihimäki in 1996. ...

Some pop singers, such as Maija Vilkkumaa, Anssi Kela, Irina, Anna Eriksson and Antti Tuisku, and pop groups such as Scandinavian music group and PMMP, are very popular in Finland. Many pop singers in Finland sing in Finnish, so that's the main reason why they are not very popular outside of Finland. Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa (born November 9, 1973 in Helsinki, Finland) is finnish singer, lyricist and composer. ... Anssi Kela (born July 29, 1972 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter who has published three albums. ... Irina is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Antti Tapani Tuisku (born 27 February 1984, in Rovaniemi) is a popular Finnish pop singer, made famous by the Idols, the Finnish version of the American Idol TV-show in 2003. ... PMMP is a Finnish pop-rock band. ...

Electronic music

In the field of electronic music, Jori Hulkkonen, as well as Jimi Tenor, have had underground success worldwide for a decade. Other notable Finnish artists are Imatran Voima, Mr Velcro Fastener, Luomo a.k.a. Vladislav Delay, Brothomstates, Lackluster, Pan Sonic, Op:l Bastards and Ovuca. Some of the best-known electronic music labels are among all Sähkö Recordings, Dum Records (run by Kimmo Rapatti a.k.a. Mono Junk) and Jyväskylä's Rikos Records. The indisputable pioneer of Finnish electronic music is Erkki Kurenniemi who built his legendary DIMI synthesizers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There's also the Finnish underground psy trance culture, which is mostly active in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The Finnish style (suomisaundi) of psy trance music is known worldwide and has notable fan audiences abroad, for example in Japan and Russia. Main characters in Finnish psy trance are artists such as Mullet Mohawk, Texas Faggott and Squaremeat. By far the most popular Finnish electronica artist is Darude (Ville Virtanen), who gained international success with his chart-topping single "Sandstorm," and the following hit album "Before the Storm." His music is a combination of hard house and progressive trance. Jori Hulkkonen (born 28 September 1973) is a Finnish DJ and a producer of house music, originally from Kemi, Finland. ... Jimi Tenor, born as Lassi Lehto, is a Finnish Musician. ... Imatran Voima is an electro music duo of Randy Barracuda (a. ... Mr Velcro Fastener is a Finnish electro music duo of Tatu Metsätähti (born 1977, also known as Mesak) and Tatu Peltonen (born 1977), originating from Turku. ... Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti, a Finnish electronic musician. ... Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. ... Brothomstates is the stage name of Lassi Nikko, a Finnish IDM musician. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Pan sonic (originally called Panasonic) is a Finnish experimental / electronica music duo, consisting of members Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen. ... Sähkö Recordings is a record label in Helsinki, Finland. ... Fireworks in Jyväskylä Jyväskylä (IPA: [jyʋæsËŒkylæ]) is a city located in central Finland, 147 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near the lakes Päijänne and Keitele. ... Rikos Records Logo Rikos Records is a small independent record label based in Jyväskylä, Finland. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Erkki Kurenniemi (born 1941) is one of the most important characters in the history of Finnish electronic music. ... Raja Ram has been experementing with psychedelic trance as early as the 1980s. ... Suomisaundi (sometimes called psy-fi, suomistyge, suomisoundi, forest trance or spugedelic trance) is a style of freeform psychedelic trance, originating from Finland. ... Texas Faggott are Pentti Slayer and Tim Thick, a psychedelic trance musical project from Finland, founded in 1996 with a third member, Francoise Faggott. ... Squaremeat Squaremeat are Pepe Kosminen and Francoise Faggott, a psychedelic trance duo from Helsinki, Finland. ... Darude Darude (Ville Virtanen) (July 17, 1975) is an electronic dance music producer and DJ from Eura, Finland. ...

Jazz

Sakari Kukko with his group Piirpauke since thirty years explores many styles between Folk, Jazz and ethnic music from other countries. The most famous Finnish Jazz musician is Edward Vesala, others are Heikki Sarmanto and Eero Koivistoinen. Pekka Pohjola and Jukka Tolonen, formerly of prog groups Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti respectively, represent the Jazz rock genre. Sakari Kukko (born 8 July 1953) is a Finnish saxophonist and flutist who is known, among other things, as a founding member of the world music group Piirpauke. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Edward Vesala (born Martti Vesala) (February 15, 1945 – December 4, 1999) was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer. ... Eero Koivistoinen (born 13 January 1946) is a Finnish jazz musician and saxophone player, who started his career in the mid-1960s. ... Pekka Pohjola (born January 13, 1952) is an influential Finnish bass player, composer and band leader. ... Jukka Tolonen (born April 16, 1952, Helsinki) is finnish guitarist. ... Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ...

Nu-jazz, a modern form with electronic and pop influences, is also gaining popularity in Finland, represented by such groups as the long-serving Rinneradio and newcomers Quintessence, Nuspirit Helsinki, and the U-Street All Stars. RinneRadio is a trio of musicians from Finland. ... The word quintessence is used in different fields: In physics, quintessence is a hypothetical form of energy postulated to exist as a possible explanation of observations of an accelerating universe. ... U-Street All Stars is a Finnish jazz band that plays hard bop. ...

Jazz rap is represented by Don Johnson Big Band Jazz rap is a fusion of alternative hip hop music and jazz, developed in the very late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Don Johnson Big Band is a Finnish musical band. ...

Revival in the modern age

While a return to folk and socially active music was occurring in the United States, United Kingdom and elsewhere across the world, the Finnish roots revival began in the 1960s. The Ilmajoki Music Festival and Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, quickly became musical centers for the country and helped revitalize traditional Finnish folk music in a roots revival. The Runosong was revitalized by a new generation of performers, including Reijo Kela, Kimmo Pohjonen and Heikki Laitinen, who created the Kelavala performance art piece. Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat), arranged yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. ... A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ... Kimmo Pohjonen is famous Finnish accordionist. ...

The International Folk Music Festival, established in 1968 in Kaustinen, was a major event in the popularization of Finnish folk. The 1970s saw further revival of Finnish folk music, including artists like Konsta Jylhä, JPP and Värttinä. Jylhä and his Purppuripelimannit band did the most to popular the scene in Finland ^[1]. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Kaustinen (Kaustby in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... In Finnish fiddling, Konsta Jylhä (1910 - 1984) was a folk-virtuoso who made traditional folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland. ... JPP playing at Folkest, Italy. ... Värttinä (Finnish for spindle) is a Finnish folk music band that was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. ...

In more recent year, some non-Sami artists, including Enigma and Jan Garbarek, have used joik and other Sami styles in their music, while Marie Boine of Norway is probably the most internationally famous Sami star. 1996's critically acclaimed Suden Aika by Tellu Virkkala saw a further return of runosong to the Finnish music scene. Michael Cretu and his wife Sandra Enigma is a musical project, that started by Michael and Sandra Cretu in 1990. ... Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. ... Mari Boine is a Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the joiks of her native people. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Popular opera

Since the 1960s, Sinfonia Lahti's reputation as one of the most important Scandinavian orchestras was cemented by conductor Osmo Vänskä; this helped to cause a boom in opera's popularity during the 1980s, while the form was increasingly seen as archaic elsewhere. the Savonlinna Opera Festival reopened in 1967. Dr. Seuss Jean Shepherd Ringo Starr John Steinbeck Gloria Steinem Tom Stoppard Hunter S. Thompson Gore Vidal Peter Vincent Kurt Vonnegut Andy Warhol Alan Watts Bob Weir Brian Wilson Tom Wolfe There were six Olympics held during the decade. ... The conductor Osmo Vänskä (* 28. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Martti Talvela and Jorma Hynninen have become international opera stars, while composers like Kalevi Aho, Olli Kortekangas, Paavo Heininen, Aulis Sallinen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Atso Almila and Ilkka Kuusisto have written successful operas, with Rautavaara especially achieving international success. Martti Talvela (born in Hittola, Finland February 4, 1935 – died in Juva, Finland July 22, 1989) was a Finnish operatic bass. ... Jorma Hynninen (born 3 April 1941 in Leppävirta, Finland) is a Finnish baritone. ... Kalevi Aho (born 9 March 1949 in Forssa, Finland) is a Finnish composer. ... Olli Kortekangas (born May 16, 1955) is a Finnish composer. ... Paavo Heininen (born 13 January 1938 in Helsinki) is a Finnish composer. ... Aulis Sallinen (1935–) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. ... Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music, probably the best known Finnish composer of his generation. ... Atso Almila (born in Helsinki on 13 June 19531) is a Finnish orchestral conductor, musical director, composer, trombonist and teacher. ...

Military music

Military band is a part of Finnish Defence Forces. Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ... The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish Puolustusvoimat; Swedish Försvarsmakten) is a cadre army of 16500, of which 8700 professional soldiers (officers), with a standard readiness strength of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force). ...

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Biggest radio stations

• YLE, The Finnish state broadcasting corporation
  • Radio Ylen Ykkönen
  • Radio Suomi
  • YleX
  • YleQ
• Commercial
  • NRJ
  • Radio Rock
  • Uusi Kiss
  • Radio Nova
  • Radio City
  • Groove FM
  • Radio Suomipop
  • Radio Helsinki

Yleisradio (YLE), or the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is a national publicly-funded radio and television broadcaster based in Finland, it was founded in 1926. ... Commerce is the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money between two or more entities. ... NRJ (or energy) is a radio company and brand of commercial radio stations in Europe. ... Uusi Kiss (previously Kiss FM) is a Finnish commercial radio station established in 1995 and owned by SBS Broadcasting Group. ... Radio Nova may refer to one of several different radio stations, among them: Radio Nova (Finland) Radio Nova (Norway) Nova (radio network), a network of five radio stations in Australia, each called Nova. ... Groove FM is a low-power New Zealand radio station, broadcasting on 107. ...

See also

• List of Finnish singers
• Culture of Finland
• Scandinavian death metal
• Sami music

Notes

1. ^ Finnish music. Finnish Music Information Center. Retrieved on September 27, 2005.

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Cronshaw, Andrew. "New Runes". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 91-102. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0

External links

• Finnish Music Information Center
• pHinnWeb: Finnish electronic music
• Rockdata: Finnish Music Scene
• Songs of Finland - A Collection of Finnish Popular Music on CD.
• Kaamos - A webzine dedicated to Finnish metal and rock.