# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-viljanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:15:09.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-viljanen"
name: "Elias Viljanen"
slug: "elias-viljanen"
description: "Elias \"E.Vil\" Einari Johannes Viljanen is a Finnish musician from Tampere, Finland, known for being the guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007. Viljanen joined Sonata Arctica in spring 2007 in order to replace Jani Liimatainen, who left the band in August 2007 to fulfill his civil duties in Finland. The decision was only made official on 8 August 2007, but Elias Viljanen had been known to replace Liimatainen in concerts during the spring and summer tour. Viljanen cites Kiss, Metallica, Slayer, and Whitesnake as his musical influences."
tagline: "Finnish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elias_viljanen.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.614364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eliasviljanen.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الياس ڤيلچانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen"
    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%BC%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B9%8C%EC%95%BC%EB%84%A8"
    title: "엘리야스 빌야넨"
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    title: "Elias Viljanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump