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Also known as Matti Siitonen, Folk-Fredi, Matti "Fredi" Siitonen

Finnish singer (1942–2021)

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Fredi, born as Matti Kalevi Siitonen (23 July 1942 in Mikkeli, Finland) was a Finnish comedic actor and singer. Domestically he was best known as a member of the comedic variety ensemble Kivikasvot. Internationally he represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 in Vienna, Austria with the song "Varjoon - suojaan" (To the Shadow – To the Safe), which received three points and finished 12th of 17 entries. He is also the husband of the former mayor of Helsinki, Marja-Riitta Siitonen

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Kalevi
Gender
male
Citizenship
Finland
Place of birth
Mikkeli
Place of death
Helsinki
Languages spoken
Finnish
Native language
Finnish
Genre
disco
Instrument
voice
Image
Matti Siitonen-381.jpg
Number of children
2
Voice type
tenor
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Commons category
Fredi
date of birth
1942-07-23
birth name
Matti Kalevi Siitonen
pseudonym
Folk-Fredi
date of death
2021-04-23
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
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number of viewers/listeners
3932086
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