--- name: "Olavi Virta" canonical: "https://film.one/person/olavi-virta" fi1m_id: "olavi-virta" imdb_id: "nm0899441" tmdb_id: 1403857 wikidata_id: "Q727187" roles: ["Composer"] born: "27 February 1915" died: "14 July 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T01:48:16.576771+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Olavi Virta ## Identity Olavi Virta - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/olavi-virta - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** olavi-virta - **IMDb ID:** nm0899441 - **TMDB ID:** 1403857 - **Wikidata ID:** Q727187 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavi_Virta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1403857 Composer. Born 27 February 1915 in Sysmä, Finland. Died 14 July 1972. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 27 February 1915, Sysmä, Finland - **Died:** 14 July 1972 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavi_Virta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1403857 ## Biography Olavi Virta was a Finnish singer, songwriter and actor. Born in Sysmä in 1915, he recorded nearly 600 songs between 1938 and 1966, many of which became classics of Finnish popular music, particularly tangos. He was known as the 'King of Tango'. Virta appeared in around seventeen films, usually performing songs in them, including entries in the Pekka Puupää series. His recordings have featured on later soundtracks, such as that of *Ariel* (1988). He died in Tampere in 1972. *Sources: imdb.com, fi.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ariel* (1988), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *enjoying the sea in front of his house in moaña in early september* (2023), as Songs - *Ariel* (1988), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md) - *Suuri sävelparaati* (1959), Actor - *Nuori mylläri* (1958), as Pentti Mäkinen (singing voice) - *Rakas varkaani* (1957), as (uncredited) - *Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä* (1955), as Antti Markkanen - *Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää* (1954), as Kari Honka - *Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä* (1954), as Timo Vaski - *Minä soitan sinulle illalla* (1954), as Risto Järviö - *Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla* (1953), as Kalevi Vaski - *Kipparikvartetti* (1952), as Olli Joki - *Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?* (1952), as Kipparikvartetti - *Vihaan sinua – rakas* (1951), Actor - *Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta* (1950), as Pekka - *Hallin Janne* (1950), as Song seller - *Kalle Aaltosen morsian* (1948), as Virta - *Vuosisadan salapoliisi* (1948), Actor - *Nuoria ihmisiä* (1943), as Klaus - *Poikamies-pappa* (1941), as (uncredited) - *Jos oisi valtaa…* (1941), as (uncredited) - *Kulkurin valssi* (1941), as (uncredited) - *Rikas tyttö* (1939), as Singer - *Iskelmäparaati*, as as himself ## Gallery - ![Publicity photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta. (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-a3d2138f47f5.jpg) Publicity photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta. (1950) — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Olavi-Virta.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta (1915–1972) at his home in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. (1956)](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-563f362231ff.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta (1915–1972) at his home in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. (1956) — U. A. Saarinen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Olavi-Virta-1956.jpg/1280px-Olavi-Virta-1956.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta sitting in his Chevrolet Bel Air. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-1c71c68abd4f.jpg) Photograph of the Finnish vocalist Olavi Virta sitting in his Chevrolet Bel Air. (1958) — Leevi Korkkula / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Olavi-Virta-1958.jpg/1280px-Olavi-Virta-1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Olavi Virta](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-5945e66d2fad.jpg) Olavi Virta — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Olavi_virta_levytukku.jpg/1280px-Olavi_virta_levytukku.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Olavi Virta finnish singer](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-8e5fe5a9b075.jpg) Olavi Virta finnish singer — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Olavivirta.jpg/1280px-Olavivirta.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Asemiesilta Messuhallissa. Esiintymässä alikersantti Olavi Virta ja yhtye.](https://film.one/media/person/3926472/gallery-5666a7787fdc.jpg) Asemiesilta Messuhallissa. Esiintymässä alikersantti Olavi Virta ja yhtye. — Esko Manninen / Suomen Armeija, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Olavi-Virta-1942.jpg/1280px-Olavi-Virta-1942.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Finnish Music Hall of Fame 2018: Finnish Music Hall of Fame (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/olavi-virta