Alivaltiosihteeri
Encyclopedia
Alivaltiosihteeri is Finnish comedy group currently consisting of Simo Frangén
, Pasi Heikura
and Jyrki Liikka. It started as band in mid-1980s but has since made both weekly radio show Alivaltiosihteeri and a few TV shows. Books based on the radio shows have also been published.
, Finland
, consisting of four members: bassist Simo Frangén
, lead guitarist Pasi Heikura
, drummer Jyrki Liikka and singer Satu Kurvinen, who was later replaced by Matti Toivonen. Band was active from 1985 to the mid-1990s, but since then has concentrated on comic radio shows, books and even TV shows.
(Alivaltiosihteeri - Suomen virallinen ohjelma, strictly translated Alivaltiosihteeri - the official program of Finland). The humour used in the shows is based on playing on words and the style is dry and official throughout, no matter what the subject is (deadpan
). Every week two new palindrome
s are released, read both forwards and backwards. One of the songs played during program is always chosen from the albums by Neil Young
(in the early 1990s AC/DC
was used).
Simo Frangén
Simo Juhani Frangén is a Finnish TV presenter and humourist, living in Tampere.- History :Frangén matriculated in 1982 and graduated as a Master of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere in 1990...
, Pasi Heikura
Pasi Heikura
Pasi Heikura is a Finnish humorist, musician, writer, television actor and presenter best known for his work on Alivaltiosihteeri....
and Jyrki Liikka. It started as band in mid-1980s but has since made both weekly radio show Alivaltiosihteeri and a few TV shows. Books based on the radio shows have also been published.
Band
A band formed in mid-1980s in TampereTampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, consisting of four members: bassist Simo Frangén
Simo Frangén
Simo Juhani Frangén is a Finnish TV presenter and humourist, living in Tampere.- History :Frangén matriculated in 1982 and graduated as a Master of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere in 1990...
, lead guitarist Pasi Heikura
Pasi Heikura
Pasi Heikura is a Finnish humorist, musician, writer, television actor and presenter best known for his work on Alivaltiosihteeri....
, drummer Jyrki Liikka and singer Satu Kurvinen, who was later replaced by Matti Toivonen. Band was active from 1985 to the mid-1990s, but since then has concentrated on comic radio shows, books and even TV shows.
Radio program
Since 1990 the first three members of the group have made weekly hour-long radio shows for the Finnish national broadcasting company YleisradioYleisradio
The Finnish Broadcasting Company , abbreviated to YLE , is Finland's national broadcasting company, founded in 1926. YLE is a public-broadcasting organization which shares many of its characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled...
(Alivaltiosihteeri - Suomen virallinen ohjelma, strictly translated Alivaltiosihteeri - the official program of Finland). The humour used in the shows is based on playing on words and the style is dry and official throughout, no matter what the subject is (deadpan
Deadpan
Deadpan is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt, disgusted or matter-of-fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or artificially grave demeanor...
). Every week two new palindrome
Palindrome
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers....
s are released, read both forwards and backwards. One of the songs played during program is always chosen from the albums by Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
(in the early 1990s AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
was used).
External links
- Alivaltiosihteeri on Yle Radio Suomi
- Alivaltiosihteeri (in English)