(born 1 September 1942) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and priest for The Christian Community in Germany. He visits his summer house in Finland every year. Born in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, he is one of the most prolific Finnish popular singer-songwriters and has written over 1,500 songs for himself and other famous Finnish singers including Jari Sillanpää and

Katri Helena Katri Helena Kalaoja (; born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer. Career Katri Helena released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland ...

. The texts tell about Finland ("Sininen ja valkoinen", ), love, and longing. "Sininen ja valkoinen" became a mega hit. He has lived in Germany since 1977 with his wife Sirpa Kuoppamäki and some of their seven children.

Discography

Albums

* ''Mitä kansa haluaa'' (1966) * ''Rakkaus on sininen'' (1968) * ''On the Rocks'' (1970) * ''Kuoppamäki'' (1970) * ''Trubaduurilauluja'' (1971) * ''Take My Heart'' (1972) * ''Valtatie'' (1972) * ''Love'' (1972) * ''Little Boy'' (1972) * ''Highway'' (1973) * ''Wounded Knee'' (1973) * ''Blue and White'' (1973) * ''Blau und Weiß'' (1973) * ''Kultaa tai kunniaa'' (1973) * ''Lapsuuteni lumijoulu'' (1973, with Piritta ja lapset) * ''Aurinkomaa'' (1974) * ''Väinämöinen'' (1974) * ''Viivy vielä hetki'' (1975) * ''Päng päng'' (1976) * ''Miljoona hikistä kilometriä'' (1976) * ''Pilvet'' (1977) * ''Rakkautta maailmaan'' (1978) * ''Puolesta, ei vastaan'' (1982) * ''Kuningas tai kerjäläinen'' (1986) * ''Joulu tulee laulamalla'' (1990, with Inka Kuoppamäki and Eeva-Leena Sariola) * ''Kerran vielä palaan'' (1992) * ''Laulun taika'' (1997, with Taika Kuoppamäki) * ''Aika näyttää'' (1997) * ''Joulun taika'' (1997, with Taika Kuoppamäki) * ''Lemmen taika'' (1998, with Taika Kuoppamäki) * ''Tästä alkaa rakkaus'' (1999) * ''Sininen'' (2001) * ''Vanhaa viiniä'' (2002) * ''Romanssi'' (2003) * ''Suuret tunteet'' (2006) * ''Sininen ja valkoinen'' (2008, with Aikamiehet and Satakunnan Sotilassoittokunta) * ''Kun maailma muuttui'' (2010) * ''Kotiinpaluu'' (2012) * ''Matkamiehen virsi'' (2013) * ''Joutukaa sielut'' (2013) * ''Perintö'' (2014) * ''Miehen tie'' (2016) * ''Sun kanssas kahden'' (2018) * ''Kurkiaura'' (2020)

References

External links

Video with Kuoppamäki singing "Sininen ja valkoinen""Kukkasen valta"
1942 births Living people 20th-century Finnish male singers Finnish expatriates in Germany Finnish male songwriters Singers from Helsinki {{Finland-singer-stub