Tapio Rautavaara
Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor · Finland · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1915 to 1979 · aged 64
Kaj Tapio Rautavaara was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete and film actor.
Tapio Rautavaara is read about 24 times a day, in 29 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Tapio
Close ties
Reino Helismaa Professional partner, colleague
Aarne Tarkas Directed The Wild North (1955)
Heikki Klemetti Taught Tapio
Lasse Pöysti Directed Kummituskievari (1954)
Hannu Leminen Directed The Ways of Sin (1946)
Anneli Sauli Also in Me tulemme taas and Kaunis Kaarina
Siiri Angerkoski Also in Me tulemme taas and Pekka Puupää
Rauni Luoma Also in Rion yö and 2 hauskaa vekkulia
Ville Salminen Directed Rion yö and Pekka Puupää
Masa Niemi Also in Me tulemme taas and Pekka Puupää
Edvin Laine Directed Kultamitalivaimo and Veteraanin voitto
Toivo Särkkä Produced The Ways of Sin (1946)
Armand Lohikoski Directed Me tulemme taas and Kahden ladun poikki
Hillevi Lagerstam Also in Kultamitalivaimo and Sinut minä tahdon
Reino Valkama Also in Rion yö and 2 hauskaa vekkulia
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen Also in The Ways of Sin and Synnin jäljet
Matti Oravisto Also in Aila - Pohjolan tytär and Villi Pohjola
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
Photos 8
Rautavaara (right) selling magazines at a railway station in Helsinki, 1931.
Kuuno Honkonen, Tapio Rautavaara, Pentti Siltaloppi and Salomon Könönen at the 1948 Olympics
Rautavaara in 1949
Gravestone of Tapio Rautavaara at the Malmi Cemetery, Finland
Tapio Rautavaara and Reino Helismaa back in 1950
Publicity photograph for Song of Smuggler from 1952.
Rautavaara at his home in 1971.Awards
About this person
Country
Finland
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1979 · aged 64
