Riko Eklundh

Riko Eklundh

Born: March 17, 1965
in Helsinki, Finland
Riko Knut Henrik Eklundh, born March 17, 1965, in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish actor. He became a student at Lärkan High School in Helsinki in 1984 and studied at the Theater Academy in Helsinki from 1985 to 1989. He worked at Åbo Svenska Teater between 1989 and 1994 and made his breakthrough in the title role in "Amadeus". He then worked as a freelancer for ten years, mainly at the Swedish Theater in Helsinki but also at the Little Theater, the Viirus Theater and the Espoo City Theater. In the years 2005–2011, he was employed at the Swedish Theater and again from the autumn of 2014.

Of the characters Eklundh has interpreted can be mentioned, in addition to Amadeus, the main roles in Topelius, Peer Gynt, The Dancing Priest, The King's Speech and We Are Only Men and in the musicals The Little Horror Affair, La Cage aux Folles and Cabaret. In addition to stage roles, he has appeared in dozens of TV series, films and radio programs. Eklundh has also collaborated with a number of choirs, both as a conference and soloist. He regularly appears in Yle Vegas "Eftersnack" and in "Efter nio" on Yle Fem. Since 1999, he organizes the annual concert event Sommarsång in Åboland's cut-out churches with Nötö church as a base.

Movies for Riko Eklundh...

Title: Succékväll med Janne Grönroos
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 14, 2021
Type: TV
A fast-paced talk show with unexpected stories and competitive guests. Succékväll med Janne Grönroos is a humorous and fast-paced talk show where guests tell fun and different stories from their lives. The show also offers odd competitions and the country's top artists perform. Add some crazy surprises and Succekväll’s world-class husband with Maja Mannila and you have all the ingredients for just that, a successful night.
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Title: Finlands historia
Character: Various
Released: February 9, 2020
Type: TV
Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence. A new comedy series about the history of Finland. Who really murdered Rasputin? How did the Crusades really begin? What does Santa have to do with the Estonian ferry? Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence and learn how everything might have happened because after all, history is written by those who won. The history of Finland is a comedy where the truth gets a real rice sauna. From Urdonners to drag queen tsars, you've never heard of Finland's history like this before.
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Den dödes bror
Title: Den dödes bror
Character: Anders
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Karin has no idea what she wants from life but thinks she finds the answer at her father-in-law's funeral.
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Farewell
Title: Farewell
Character: Agent du FBI 1
Released: September 23, 2009
Type: Movie
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
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1944 The Final Defence
Title: 1944 The Final Defence
Character: Colonel Sven Björkman
Released: December 7, 2007
Type: Movie
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
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Beyond the Front Line
Title: Beyond the Front Line
Character: Captain Renvall
Released: March 5, 2004
Type: Movie
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.
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Title: Operation Interheil
Character: Joakim
Released: February 21, 2001
Type: TV
Thriller about Antti, an unemployed architect who is hired by the Security Police to infiltrate an ultra-right-wing organisation in a town in southern Finland. The group is passive and not dangerous. To keep his job Antti starts to invent action for the group.
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Lapin kullan kimallus
Title: Lapin kullan kimallus
Character: Alarik Krook
Released: September 10, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard Manninen also start looking for.
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Title: Hovimäki
Character: Axel Ingberg
Released: March 10, 1999
Type: TV
The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.