# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veikko-lavi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:24.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veikko-lavi"
name: "Veikko Lavi"
slug: "veikko-lavi"
description: "Toivo Veikko Vepa Lavi was a Finnish singer, songwriter and author, born in Kotka. Lavi made his first album in the early 1950s and became popular again in the late 1960s. His best known hit was perhaps Jokainen ihminen on laulun arvoinen (1976). Lavi was a prolific songwriter, renowned performer and socially active until his death in 1996, in Hamina."
tagline: "Finnish singer, songwriter and writer (1912-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veikkolavi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-04-23"
deathDate: "1996-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.31
  momentum:             4.666666666666666
  historical:           9.004752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492005/"
    handle:    "nm0492005"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/602875"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Lavi"
    title: "Veikko Lavi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Lavi"
    title: "Veikko Lavi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "ویکو لاوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Lavi"
    title: "Veikko Lavi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Лави, Вейкко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Lavi"
    title: "Veikko Lavi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96"
    title: "Вейкко Лаві"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Veikko_Lavi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc1c80a1-7989-4cc9-bcdb-bd0394fdba38"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4252002"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2522590"
    title: "Veikko Lavi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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