Riko Eklundh

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 20052011 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 Kings 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 Åbolands cutout churches with Nötö church as a base