# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-toivonen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:59:58.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-toivonen"
name: "Markus Toivonen"
slug: "markus-toivonen"
description: "Markus Toivonen is a Finnish guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and a founding member of the folk metal band Ensiferum. He founded the band in 1995 and is the sole original member left. His role in the band is guitarist and primary songwriter. He has always contributed backing vocals and since the departure of Jari Mäenpää in 2004 has taken up a greater role behind the microphone, sharing the clean vocal parts with bass player Sami Hinkka, with Mäenpää's replacement Petri Lindroos handling the harsh vocals."
tagline: "Finnish heavy metal musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus_Toivonen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.37
  momentum:             1.943019173642992
  historical:           11.421384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8963318/"
    handle:    "nm8963318"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ensiferum.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ماركوس تويڤونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マルクス・トイヴォネン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Тойвонен, Маркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Toivonen"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1a4ddbfd-479a-42d9-898d-6b527e437bd3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1168472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010093"
    title: "Markus Toivonen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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