Birth name Juhani Haavisto Role Musician | Name Jukka Haavisto Years active 1959–present | |
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Born June 5, 1930 (age 94) Alajarvi, Finland ( 1930-06-05 ) Origin Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland Occupation(s) musician, advertisement entrepreneur Children Susanna Haavisto, Janne Haavisto, Olli Haavisto Similar People | ||
Juhani "Jukka" Haavisto (born June 5, 1930, Alajärvi, Finland) is a Finnish musician with the honorary title of music councilor. He has also worked as an entrepreneur in advertising business from 1959 to the 1990s, when he retired. However, he is perhaps best known for his work as a songwriter and for having played the vibraphone and the accordion in numerous bands.
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Biographical details
Jukka Haavisto passed the matriculation exams in Kauhava in 1948 and studied to become a teacher, graduating from the Jyväskylä Pedagogical Institute in 1956. He worked in the advertising agency SEK from 1959 to 1968, in the end as the person in charge of liaisons. After that he worked in the advertising agency Artifex as the vice-CEO until 1978. He founded his own advertising agency PRAX in 1975, and worked there in the capacity of CEO and chairman.
Organizational activities
Haavisto was one of the founders of the Association for the Promotion of Finnish Popular Music in 1994. He acted as its director until 2004. The association launched a virtual museum (www.pomus.net) in the internet in December of that year.
Awards
Haavisto has received the following awards and prizes for his services to Finnish jazz and popular music:
Family
Haavisto’s sons Janne and Olli are well-known musicians in Finland and even internationally. Janne has played in J. Karjalainen & Mustat Lasit, Laika & The Cosmonauts, and Olli has played in J. Karjalainen & Mustat Lasit, Freud Marx Engels & Jung and with Mikko Kuustonen and Tuomari Nurmio. His daughter Susanna Haavisto is a singer and an actress.