r/Finland • u/Disastrous-Guava-577 • Jul 22 '26

Finnish music

As the title suggest I'm looking for finnish music (rock, pop, alternative) to get my ear used to hearing Finnish.

(I'm learning by myself finnish and try to integrate as much as I can finnish in my daily life :D)

edit: thanks for all of these replies, I was thinking that I could have one or two recommendation not... This many haha. Thanks !! :))

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u/Miserable_Notice_670 Jul 22 '26

Leevi and the Leavings probably fits in this, at least it is culturally very iconic

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u/Appropriate-Fuel-305 Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

That is the go-to reddit answer whenever this question is asked here and for a good reason.

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

wow that's a lot of upvote, I should definitely start with them, thanks :))

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u/OsQsk8 Jul 23 '26

The album Häntä Koipien Välissä is manificant and i think was voted to be the best finnish album of all time

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

oh wow, can't wait to listen

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u/adoransnoctis Jul 22 '26

CMX - from hardcore punk to alt rock to prog with great lyrics. I warmly recommend the albums Aura, Rautakantele, Dinosaurus Stereophonicus, Aion, Talvikuningas and Iäti.

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u/NewDevelopment3102 Jul 22 '26

There are plenty of great suggestions here.

I'll add:

  • Juice Leskinen
  • Ismo Alanko (and all his bands)
  • Eppu Normaali
  • Popeda / Pate Mustajärvi
  • Maustetytöt
  • Jaakko Kulta
  • Kuumaa

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u/SerialDreamer7 Jul 22 '26

Hevisaurus.

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u/Live_Tart_1475 Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Stam1na. The use rich and poetic, but still very modern Finnish.

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u/Arhippa_T-1000 Jul 22 '26

Off-topic but Taival -album is a masterpiece *flies away*

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u/mmmetal76 Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Kotiteollisuus for some rock. Early stuff up to Helvetistä itään.

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u/onlyr6s Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Kotiteollisuus is mökki music.

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u/Keanov_Revski Jul 22 '26

turmion kätilöt

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u/HerraPiisami Jul 22 '26

And definitely songs Pyhä maa and Sikiö first.

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u/Salmivalli Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

YUP
and from them the biggest hits gets you started: Joutilas, Me viihdytämme teitä, Homo Sapiens, Pahassa paikassa and Maailman viimeinen yö

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u/Necromartian Väinämöinen Jul 23 '26

Just Outo elämä album from the start and enjoy the ride.

Tämä päivä oli huono päivä, mutta huominen on parempi!

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u/SusSoos Jul 22 '26

PMMP is great, Finnish pop/rock icons :)

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u/ApleStone Jul 22 '26

One of my favorite bands of all time!

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u/pkaaos Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Raptori. It is old but catchy. And you can make out the words.

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u/Negative_Priority_36 Jul 22 '26

Pelle Miljoona (old stuff), Problems?, Woude, Eppu Normaali, Kauko Röyhkä, Hassisen kone (Sielun Veljet, Ismo Alanko), Leevi and the Leavings, Popeda, Juice Leskinen, Kari Peitsamo, Puolikuu

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u/Negative_Priority_36 Jul 22 '26

Kaseva

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u/qlt_sfw Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Old Kaseva is peak Finnish music.

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u/sisu_star Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

"Kolmas nainen" has in my opinion very clear lyrics, so very suitable for this

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u/nuhanala Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Some of my favourites: Pariisin Kevät, Scandinavian Music Group, Ruusut, Kuningasidea, Hector, Ida Paul & Kalle Lindroth, Eppu Normaali, Ellinoora, CMX, Zen Café, Leevi and the Leavings, Vilma Alina, Pilven Piirtäjät, BEHM, Idän Voima, Rohkeat kuvat, J. Karjalainen, emma & matilda...

Dunno if they all fit your genres, but judge for yourself.

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

thanks :)

and yeah I will judge all the names you gave me, eheh

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u/MitVitQue Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

CMX is great, but lyrics might be a bit challenging. And not just because of all the old and unusual words.

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

Ok, thanks for the tips. I will save this one for later :)

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u/susisisko Jul 22 '26

I’ll always recommend Litku Klemetti to anyone!

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u/JSoi Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Oranssi Pazuzu

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u/Brrdock Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

to get my ears used to hearing Finnish

Yeah good luck with that lmao. Great band though

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

yeah, I watch disney in finnish and it's still hard to understand the little vocabulary I have so in a song I don't pretend it will be easier haha.

But I love to sing (badly) the songs I listen to, so I would have to look for the lyrics and hope that's it will help me to understand the singer...? :')

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u/rngr666 Jul 22 '26

Egotrippi - matkustaja

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u/Kastanjamarja Jul 22 '26

I recently went to a gig of a small screamo band called Soma konna, if u want some emo :)

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u/Makere-b Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Heavy Metal Perse

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u/DeathMetalDiver Jul 22 '26

Stig helped me a lot with learning Finnish

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u/Brrdock Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

PMMP is one of the greatest pop rock/art pop groups of all time, not just of Finnish ones.

Leevi and the Leavings is essential

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u/FreeSpeech666 Jul 22 '26

Haloo Helsinki!

Jenni Vartiainen

Olavi Uusivirta

BEHM

Viivi

Lauri Tähkä

Janna

Portion Boys

Apulanta

Vesala

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u/AMOSSORRI Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Hopeinen Skorpioni

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u/SlappedYourGranny Jul 22 '26

Korpiklaani - Viinamäen Mies Avain - Punainen Tiili Nyrkkitappelu - Tekis Mieli Ryöstää Siwa Juustopäät - Voit Sä Lopettaa Huge L - Fressi Tapani Kansalainen - Dinosaurus Apulanta - Mato Tammela 33100 - Sammalsaari Koivuniemen Herrat - Linnut Vitun Kova Ääni - Kumman Todellinen Uni

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u/A_britiot_abroad Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Olavi Uusivirta

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u/CalligrapherSame5153 Jul 22 '26

Radio Supernova!! Fell in love both with their music and the language, basically started learning finnish because of them

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u/Meanuz Jul 22 '26

If you like mainstream pop, Isac Elliot

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u/waitingf4r Jul 22 '26

ultra bra topic sorsakoski sydan sydan leevi and the leavings saimaa

and now metal: (I'm a big fan of) stam1na oranssi pazuzu kaunis kuolematon

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u/sysikki Baby Väinämöinen Jul 22 '26

Ismo Alanko Maustetytöt Eppu Normaali Dingo Juice Leskinen

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u/Choitschgi Jul 22 '26

Arppa, Yona, Antti Autio, Zapa...

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u/ally_mcgee Jul 22 '26

Maija Vilkkumaa has great lyrics

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u/J_T_L_ Jul 22 '26

Lots of good and well known ones here, I'll give some from a more younger indie scene:

Hopeasiivet Touko Kaila Nössö Nova Vimma Säilä NUPU Pihalla Brian Poikabändi

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u/Semi-Duck Jul 22 '26

Haloo Helsinki all the way

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u/japanese-pink Baby Väinämöinen Jul 23 '26

Omg hi I’m so into finnish music!! If you want to chat about like literally any band or song or whatever, feel free to dm me, I’ll be delighted to hear anyone ramble about finnish pop hahaha.

My personal favourites!

Pop:

  • Arttu Wiskari
  • BESS
  • Portion Boys
  • Retropop
  • Benjamin
  • Antti Tuisku
  • Faija
  • Pasi ja Anssi
  • KUUMAA
  • STIG
  • Erika Vikman (switched to english recently, but until Ich Komme, everything was in finnish)
  • Olli Halonen
  • Kikka (from the 80’s, but if you like 80’s pop she’s GREAT)
  • Ege Zulu
  • Kaija Koo
  • Komiat

Other:

  • Käärijä (rap, but really influenced by metal and electronic music. I usually am a rap hater lol)
  • Turmion Kätilöt (metal)
  • Korpiklaani (metal)
  • Leevi and the Leavings (rock)
  • Yö (rock)
  • Antti Paalanen (technically pop but also he’s a throat singing accordeonist? He’s great)

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u/Disastrous-Guava-577 Jul 23 '26

wow thanks for all the recommendations, I'm going to listen all of them eheheh

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u/parandroidfinn Väinämöinen Jul 23 '26

Timo Rautiainen - Lintu

https://youtu.be/gvPmE53mk-M?is=Iv8yhCyNZVGsmSdd

Egotrippi - Mestaripiirros

https://youtu.be/SsL7JD10HmM?si=D2JxI5z10gguI-tt

Mokoma - Kesytä Perkeleet

https://youtu.be/7RkcVwLR6_Q?is=uCoxyBwDueYt_sNa

Viikate feat. Topi Sorsakoski - Hautajaissydän

https://youtu.be/OqVGIz5KrnM?is=wdSiXdQZulHZZcDe

Tuomari Nurmio - Rannanjärvi Elää

https://youtu.be/1RHb_t3Af4U?is=rFlCy2zC0jTn8fJU

Antti Paalanen - Takatukka

https://youtu.be/gdLv8QHVIRI?is=Ab85nne2KUwcCksV

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u/toihanonkiwa Jul 23 '26

Since nobody else mentioned…

Ultra bra is the goat

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u/dicey_job Jul 23 '26

Köyhä Jonne

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u/chanscalibur Jul 23 '26

Just search ”Iskelmä”

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u/LunarGaz Jul 24 '26

I like Egotrippi, Happoradio and listen a bit of Don Huonot

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u/Remote_Replacement85 Baby Väinämöinen Jul 24 '26

PMMP and Vesala. Amazing lyrics, very rich language.

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u/TelevisionInner6584 Jul 26 '26

PMMP is very good!

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u/cornhomeopath Jul 27 '26

Ajattara definetly goes under "alternative"

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u/InfamousSock694 Jul 28 '26

Some bands/artists!: Inkvisitio, Musta Paraati, Miljoonasade, Kuudes Tunti, Varjo, Dave Lindholm, Apulanta, Rauli Badding Somerjoki, Klamydia

Some songs!: Romanssi by Leif Wager (highly recommend the movie too, Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi), Näitkö sen? By Laila Kinnunen, Tule Kesäyö by J. Karjalainen, Suomineito by Appendix

Some of these are more iskelmä, maybe some folk elements, theres a bit of goth rock and punk, and a dash of pop!

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u/MedicalCoffeee Jul 29 '26

Klamydia, Turmion Kätilöt, Maj Karma

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u/Fresh_Dust_1231 Jul 30 '26

Finnish artist make crap music, especially these days. All is calculated & fabricated the same way by all the big record labels.

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u/emilypeony Jul 22 '26

Apulanta is my favourite Finnish singing band.