* 1976 – Mikko Lindström, Finnish singer and guitarist ( HIM and WhoCares )

* 1981 – Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer

* 1988 – Mia Permanto, Finnish singer and radio host ( d. 2008 )

* 1974 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer ( Lordi )

* 1990 – Anna Abreu, Finnish singer

* 1915 – Olavi Virta, Finnish singer ( d. 1972 )

* 1984 – Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer

* 2007 – Kirill " Kirka " Babitzin, Finnish singer ( b. 1950 )

* 1945 – Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer

* 1975 – Samer el Nahhal, Finnish singer and bass player ( Lordi )

* 1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist ( Sonata Arctica )

* 1973 – Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer

* 1982 – Ninja Sarasalo, Finnish model and singer

* 1915 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer ( d. 1979 )

* 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer ( HIM )

* 1952 – Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer

* 1972 – Marika Krook, Finnish singer ( Edea )

* 1980 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer ( Killer )

* 1990 – Axel Ehnström, Finnish singer

Briard jump-started Finnish punk with its 1977 single " I Really Hate Ya "/" I Want Ya Back "; other early Finnish punk acts included Eppu Normaali and singer Pelle Miljoona.

* 1958 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish model and singer, Miss Finland 1977 ( d. 2002 )

* 1967 – Sari Kaasinen, Finnish singer ( Värttinä )

* 1942 – Ilkka Lipsanen, Finnish singer

* June 7 – Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer

Bellman's songs have also been translated and recorded in Icelandic ( by Bubbi ), Italian, French, Finnish ( for instance by Vesa-Matti Loiri ), Russian, Chuvash and Yiddish.

The Finnish M28 is widely considered to be one of the finest and most accurate military rifles ever produced ; Simo Häyhä, one of the most successful military snipers of all time, recorded over 500 kills with a standard-issue Finnish M28 Mosin-Nagant rifle over the course of about 100 days.

* The Finnish band Korpiklaani recorded a track called " Uniaika " ( Dreamtime ) on the album Karkelo in 2009.

In August 1989 Norman appeared with his brother and the Finnish band Q-Stone at the Flevo Totaal Festival in the Netherlands in front of an estimated 10, 000 fans, which was recorded and released by Spark in 1990 as Live at Flevo with Q-Stone.

The German version is the only one recorded by herself although other artists recorded further cover versions in various languages such as Portuguese, Swedish, or even Finnish.

McCoy also became the first Finnish artist to have a gold record in the US, when Samantha Fox recorded a cover of The Suicide Twins ' song " The Best Is Yet to Come ".

Dating back from growing underground culture one of the first Finnish Hip Hop records with lyrics in English was recorded at Vernissa ( C ) Manus / ( P ) Johanna Kustannus 1991 by Damn The Band.

According to the polls conducted among Finnish audiences, " Hopeinen kuu ", ( originally " Guarda che luna " by Walter Malgoni and Bruno Pallesi ), recorded in Finnish by Olavi Virta and " Satulinna " ( composed by Jukka Kuoppamäki and sung by Jari Sillanpää ) are the most popular Finnish schlagers of all time.

Finnish band Eläkeläiset recorded a humppa version as the title track of their 1997 album Humppamaratooni.

Many times they play on stage with guests as Dave Pegg ( Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull ), Jimme O ' Neill ( The Silencers ), Dan Ar Braz, Dr Das ( Asian Dub Foundation ) or Stéfane Mellino ( Les Négresses Vertes )... Their last album " soleil blanc " have been recorded and mixed by the English producer Clive Martin ( Queen, Sting, David Byrne ...) Similarly, EV combined Finnish influences in their Breton folk-rock style, calling it Celto-Finnic rock.

This piece was recorded at Astia Studio with close friend and Producer Anssi Kippo and was also featured in the official Finnish charts at position 5.

Some Finnish rap was already recorded in the early 1980s and some popular artists emerged in the early 1990s but it was not until the 2000s that it became finally a more lasting phenomenon in a form of wider scene and numerous popular performers.

The first recorded Finnish rap song was song " I'm Young, Beautiful and Natural " in English language which was made by artist called General Njassa in 1983.

A live DVD, Hell Yeah-The Awesome Foursome ( And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume ) Live in Montreal was recorded on May 6, 2006 at Le Medley in Montreal, Quebec.

In Spring 1992, they recorded a three-song promotional tape, Journey to Pohjola, and as a result got a deal with the Finnish Spinefarm Records.

Oldfield's first mainstream recorded release was by a Finnish Bass Player named Pekka Pohjola.

In 1978 the song was recorded in Finnish by Reijo Karvonen & Ikaros with the name " Mistä sais " (" Where to Get It "), lyrics by Anssi Tikanmäki.

Follow the Reaper was recorded and mixed at Peter Tägtgren's Abyss studio in Sweden, instead of the Finnish Astia-studio from Anssi Kippo, in which they had recorded all of their previous releases, including the demos from IneartheD.