Maija Vilkkumaa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maija Vilkkumaa
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Nov 9, 1973(1973-11-09)
Age	51
Birthplace	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Birth City	Uusimaa
Horoscope	Scorpio

Maija Vilkkumaa Biography

Maija Vilkkumaa is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on November 9, 1973 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.

Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa (born 9 November 1973) is a Finnish pop rock singer- songwriter. Beginning her musical hobbies playing piano at an age before school, Vilkkumaa studied in high school where she and her friends set up the band Tarharyhmä in 1990, which broke up in 1995. While studying Finnish language at the University of Helsinki, she started to take singing lessons and went on to start her solo career in 1999.

In 1990, Maija Vilkkumaa set up the band Tarharyhmä with her friends, gaining national radio play with its songs. Vilkkumaa wrote and composed and most of the songs. With Tarharyhmä breaking up in 1995, Vilkkumaa started to attend singing lessons. She has also played keyboard in the band Hunajamelonit (English: Honey Melons ).

Maija Vilkkumaa Net Worth

Maija Vilkkumaa is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maija Vilkkumaa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maija Vilkkumaa was born in Helsinki on 9 November 1973. She has two little sisters and she lived her childhood in the neighborhood of Töölö. She played piano beginning younger than at the age of seven and finishing when she was

16. In 1992, Vilkkumaa completed her matriculation examination at Kallio High School in Helsinki and studied Finnish language at the University of Helsinki since 1993.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Maija Vilkkumaa height 1.68 m Marcelo weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Maija Vilkkumaa Dating?

According to our records, Maija Vilkkumaa married to Mikko Kosonen. As of December 1, 2023, Maija Vilkkumaa’s is not dating anyone.

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On 28 April 2007, Maija Vilkkumaa married Mikko Kosonen (the guitarist of her band), after having been in a relationship since 2002. The couple has two children, daughter Saara who was born in 2007, and another daughter, who was born in January 2011.

Facts & Trivia

Marcelo Ranked on the list of most popular Singer-Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Maija Vilkkumaa celebrates birthday on November 9 of every year.

In April 2010, Vilkkumaa released her sixth studio album Kunnes joet muuttaa suuntaa (Until Rivers Change Direction). Though continuing the trend of declining record sales, the album still debuted at number one on the Albums Chart and sold gold with 16,000 copies. In July 2010, Vilkkumaa was awarded the prestigious Juha Vainio Award worth €6,000 for her merits as the “pioneer songwriter of her generation”. The Board of Juha Vainio Fund justified its decision saying “Maija Vilkkumaa’s texts present good colloquial language” and that “the lyrics are a classical example of how modern language works in songs”. In February 2011, Vilkkumaa received her fifth Emma nomination for Female Soloist of the Year. On 5 April 2011, Maija Vilkkumaa announced in her press release that she would leave her band after the 2011 summer tour. Not sure when she would start doing music again and whether with a band or not, she stated she wanted to have a break and “take a breath”. In January 2012, Vilkkumaa performed at a fundraising concert for the presidential campaign of the Green League’s candidate Pekka Haavisto.