26 Finnish singer songwriters

Pertti "Pepe" Kalevi Ahlqvist is a Finnish blues singer and musician.

Jarkko Kalevi Ahola is a performing artist, a composer and a singer. He is the vocalist and bass player and one of the three songwriters of the band Teräsbetoni. He is also a member of a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern Kings together with Marco Hietala from Nightwish, Tarot and Sapattivuosi, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.

Mara Balls is a Finnish singer-songwriter, rock guitarist, and artist. She was the bassist of Jukka ja Jytämimmit. After the band broke up, she set up her own band with bassist Aapo Palonen and drummer Antti Palmu.

Leo Christer Friman better known by his stage name Freeman is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. Considered a great artist, he started his music career in a band called Waterloo. He was most popular in the 1970s, and his songs from that era such as "Ajetaan tandemilla" and "Osuuskaupan Jane" remain classics to this day. Freeman 4, his fourth studio album was released nearly 25 years after the release of his last studio album, Tulta tai jäätä.

Pauli Hanhiniemi is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician, who was born in Alavus. Starting his career in 1982, he formed the famous Finnish rock band Kolmas Nainen in 1982. After the break-up of the band in 1994, he formed Pauli Hanhiniemen Perunateatteri that performed until 2005. He later joined Hehkumo, a band with more traditional sound. In 2009, the highly popular Kolmas Nainen returned with two new studio albums and great commercial success.

Reino Vihtori "Repe" Helismaa was a Finnish singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter, mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara. He also scripted the comic strip Maan mies Marsissa, drawn by Ami Hauhio.

Barbara Christina Elisabeth Helsingius-Koski was a Swedish-speaking Finnish singer, poet, and Olympic fencer.

Kim Herold is a Finland-Swedish model and singer-songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Finnish band Humane since 2004. He started solo career in 2008. In 2009 he participated in Tanssii tähtien kanssa, the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars.

Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and bassist as well as composer and lyricist for the heavy metal band Tarot.

Janita Maria, better known by her stage name Janita, is a Finnish-born, American singer-songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and later moved to Brooklyn at the age of 17 together with her then manager Tomi Ervi. Janita has released nine albums in her native Finland, some of which reached the top forty chart in Finland. Her third US album, Didn't You My Dear?, was released worldwide in March 2015 on ECR Music Group.

Mika Järvinen is a Finnish rock musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter and author, who is known especially as the front man of the band Five Fifteen. Järvinen has performed with many different artists and bands in Finland, Mexico, United States, Germany, France, Belgium and Scandinavia.

Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative lead of the band Sonata Arctica since 1996.

Jukka Tapio "J." Karjalainen is a Finnish singer-songwriter. His first album came out in 1981 and he has been called the "Bruce Springsteen of Finland." He states that his music is a mix of "Blues, Rock´n´roll, Folk, Country, Soul, Funky, New Orleans stuff." He also listened to old-time musicians like Tommy Jarrell and Clarence Ashley while learning the 5-string banjo. Jukka is married to Kati Bergman, and they have a son.

Tommi Pekka Läntinen is a Finnish singer-songwriter. After starting his career in 1980, Läntinen has worked in a number of bands as a vocalist and songwriter—perhaps best known as a lead vocalist of the bands Boycott and Fabrics. At that time Läntinen mainly sang in English, but as he began his solo career in 1993, he started to write his lyrics in Finnish. His debut solo album, Veijareita ja pyhimyksiä, was released in 1994 and his seventh and latest solo album, Isoja aikoja, was released in 2011.

Juha-Pekka "JP" Leppäluoto is a Finnish musician. He was in the band Charon until the summer of 2011 as a vocalist and songwriter and currently he is in the band Harmaja as a vocalist, guitar player and songwriter and also in the band Northern Kings as a vocalist. He also provided vocals for the first release from the band Poisonblack, which featured members from several other Finnish rock bands. He is the singer from the band Dark Sarah, since 2017.

Jaakko Löytty is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians.

Erja Lyytinen is a Finnish vocalist, guitarist and songwriter.

Matthau Mikojan is a Finnish rock musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter in a band named after him.

Judge Bone, a.k.a. Tuomari Nurmio, is the artist name of Hannu Juhani Nurmio, a Finnish rock singer and songwriter.

Kaj Tapio Rautavaara was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete, and film actor.

Laura-Liina Sippola is a pianist and a singer-songwriter based in Helsinki, Finland. She works as a freelance musician and a composer.

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli, known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer-songwriter. She is a lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.

Olavi Uusivirta is a Finnish rock/pop singer, songwriter and actor.

Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Influenced by the likes of KISS, Black Sabbath and Type O Negative, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around his hometown of Helsinki. In 1991, he formed HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time, and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. He performed as the band's lead singer and chief songwriter from their inception until their dissolution in 2017. Known for his deep, crooning bass-baritone voice, Valo is also credited as the creator of the heartagram, the band's trademarked symbol which nonetheless has achieved great popularity outside of the band's fanbase.

Mirel Wagner, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She was born in Ethiopia and raised in Espoo, Finland.

Arttu-Pekka Aleksi Wiskari is a Finnish singer-songwriter. Wiskari has attended several Finnish television programs including The Voice Kids, Tähdet tähdet, and Vain elämää. Before full-time musical career, Wiskari has worked in Finnish hardware store RTV.