Reino Helismaan muistomerkki / Reino Helismaa's memorial

The career of Reino Helismaa (1913-1965), a singer and poet, a writer of lyrics and film manuscripts and a radio entertainer, began in the 1940s. He worked closely together with the composer Toivo Kärki, producing such Finnish classics as `Päivänsäde ja Menninkäinen', `Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää' and `Rovaniemen markkinoilla'. In all, Helismaa wrote the lyrics to nearly 5000 songs. Gunnar Uotila's r ...