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 ...