Arja Saijonmaa

Name: Arja Saijonmaa
Start: 2026-07-23T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Parksnäckan

took place · 23 Jul 2026

Parksnäckan, Uppsala

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Finnish singer Arja Saijonmaa performs at Parksnäckan in Uppsala.

About: Arja Saijonmaa

Finnish-born and Sweden-adopted, Saijonmaa has spent over five decades crossing musical borders - from Theodorakis and Violeta Parra to Swedish schlager and Cornelis Vreeswijk - with a voice that fills concert halls as naturally today as it did in the 1970s.

2M+

Records sold across 35+ albums

35+

Albums released, in 7 languages

Melodifestivalen 1987 placement with 'Högt över havet'

1987

Year appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

What's new

2026-spring
Saijonmaa launched her 'Laulu vapaudelle' (A Song for Freedom) concert tour across Finland in spring 2026 - her first extensive Finnish tour in many years.
2025-autumn
Saijonmaa published her autobiography 'Laulu vapaudelle', which the tour is named after.
2025-06
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded Saijonmaa the Litteris et Artibus medal for her contributions to Swedish and international musical life.

Tour

MikkeliKuopioEspooJärvenpääHelsinkiPoriTampereRovaniemi

Tracks

Jag vill tacka livetSwedish cover of Violeta Parra's 'Gracias a la vida', one of her signature hits; sung at Olof Palme's funeral in 1986

Högt över havetMelodifestivalen 1987 entry, finished second; now considered an iconic Swedish pop song

Ystävän lauluOne of her most beloved Finnish-language recordings

Miten voin kyllin kiittääFinnish-language album of Violeta Parra songs (1978), a landmark in her discography

En sång om frihetSignature concert closer, title of her 2025 autobiography and 2026 tour

Arja Saijonmaa

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