Monsieur Mosse, originally Raimo Jääskeläinen, was a Finnish make-up artist (1932–1992). Monsieur Mosse was the first openly

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

Finnish celebrity, who "came out of the closet" in 1971. His nickname refers to his role as a UN ranger called Mosse in the

Åke Lindman Åke Leonard Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; born 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director and actor. In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing as a defender for the Finland national team during the 1952 Summer ...

-directed film ''Laukaus Kyproksella''. In the 1970s Monsieur Mosse ran beauty parlours in

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and

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. Monsieur Mosse was permanent fixture of the magazine ''

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''. He published his autobiography ''Voi pojat, kun tietäisitte!'' ( translates "Oh boys, if you only knew!") in 1981.

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1932 births 1992 deaths Finnish gay entertainers Finnish gay artists Finnish hairdressers Finnish make-up artists People from Vantaa 20th-century Finnish LGBTQ people {{LGBT-bio-stub