# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-karjalainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:53:21.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-karjalainen"
name: "J. Karjalainen"
slug: "j-karjalainen"
description: "Jukka Tapio \"J.\" Karjalainen is a Finnish singer-songwriter. His first album came out in 1981 and he has been called the \"Bruce Springsteen of Finland.\" He states that his music is a mix of \"Blues, Rock´n´roll, Folk, Country, Soul, Funky, New Orleans stuff.\" He also listened to old-time musicians like Tommy Jarrell and Clarence Ashley while learning the 5-string banjo. Jukka is married to Kati Bergman, and they have a son, Väinö Karjalainen, who is also a musician and music producer."
tagline: "Finnish singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J_Karjalainen.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.951117333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jkarjalainenvirallinen"
    handle:    "jkarjalainenvirallinen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439392/"
    handle:    "nm0439392"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/284662"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيه. كارچالاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Karjalainen"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ee03c284-c6dc-49b5-ba31-e388157f6ed3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3028055"
    title: "J. Karjalainen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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