The Joulukalenteri 26 years old

The Joulukalenteri was a 1997 Finnish television miniseries produced by MTV3 that was broadcast again in 1998. It was based on the Danish series The Julekalender from 1991. A Norwegian version was made in 1994. The series came out in December 1997 with one episode per day, concluding on Christmas Eve. The original concept and script of the series, as well as its numerous songs came from the Danish trio of De Nattergale. The Finnish adaptation was directed by Jukka Virtanen and starred Seppo Korjus, Kari Lehtomäki, Raimo Smedberg and Jukka Virtanen. In December 2007 there was a rerun on Subtv and now a DVD and a CD which contains the songs played in the series, can be bought on a special web-site.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Jukka Virtanen He was 64 , 86 years old when he died	as Narrator / Iki-iäkäs

Crew

Name	Job title
Jukka Virtanen Directing He was 64 , 86 years old when he died	Director
Jukka Virtanen Writing He was 64 , 86 years old when he died	Screenplay
Carsten Knudsen Writing He was 38 , now 65 years old	Original Story
Viggo Sommer Writing He was 40 , now 67 years old	Original Story
Uffe Rørbæk Madsen Writing He was 36 , now 62 years old	Original Story