# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kimmo-pohjonen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:01:15.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kimmo-pohjonen"
name: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
slug: "kimmo-pohjonen"
description: "Kimmo Pohjonen is a Finnish accordionist who is known for his avant-garde and experimental work with his custom-made electrified and modified instrument. He has released nine albums of his work and has toured Europe extensively, as well as performances in Japan and some in North America. He records and performs both solo and in collaboration with musicians and other artists, including the Kronos Quartet, and percussionist Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Trey Gunn of King Crimson. Pohjonen still lives in Finland when not on the road. He has performed with one of his daughters, Saana, who plays the drums."
tagline: "Finnish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kimmo_Pohjonen_Haapavesi_Folk_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             2.200772200772201
  historical:           11.411376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kimmopohjonen"
    handle:    "kimmopohjonen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1744724/"
    handle:    "nm1744724"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kimmopohjonen.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Pohjonen"
    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
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    title: "Kimmo Pohjonen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump