Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born June 9, 1955 in

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" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi. She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.Taiska
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World Popular Song Festival

In the World Popular Song Festival 1977, in Tokyo, Japan, she represented Finland with a Finnish-language song ("Boogie-mies"), with a score of 56 points.

Discography

Albums

*''Mombasa'' (1976) *''Taiska'' (1978) *''Villi vapaudenkaipuu'' (1980) *''Oma tie'' (1981) *''20 suosikkia – Mombasa'' (1996) *''20 suosikkia – Rannalla'' (2000) *''Matkalla'' (2005) *''Taiska – Hitit'' (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taiska 1955 births Living people People from Imatra 20th-century Finnish women singers 21st-century Finnish women singers