Markus Rautio

Markus Rautio
Markus Rautio (right) with Hilkka Rissanen (left) in 1936
Born	Eino Markus Rautio (1891-05-17)17 May 1891 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	14 February 1973(1973-02-14) (aged 81) Helsinki, Finland
Resting place	Hietaniemi Cemetery
Career
Show	Markus-sedän lastentunti
Station	National Radio of Finland

Eino Markus Rautio (17 May 1891 – 14 February 1973), also known as Uncle Markus (Finnish: Markus-setä), was a Finnish radio journalist and presenter.

Between 1926 and 1956 he presented the children's radio show Children's Hour with Uncle Markus (Finnish: Markus-sedän lastentunti) on the National Radio of Finland.

On his show he said Father Christmas (Finnish: Joulupukki) lived in Lapland on Ear Mountain (Korvatunturi), on the basis that this was where he could hear everything to find out who was naughty and nice.[1] The theme was later taken up by Mauri Kunnas in his books on Christmas, wherein Santa Claus lives in a remote village on the side of the Hill, with his elves and reindeer.

In 1958, Rautio received the recognition award of the Finnish Cultural Foundation,[2] and in 1967, he was awarded the honorary title of Teatterineuvos (lit. 'Theatre Counselor').[3]

Rautio was buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery.

References

1. Rodolfo Baggio; Wojciech Czakon; Marcello M. Mariani (8 April 2016). Managing Tourism in a Changing World: Issues and Cases. Routledge. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-134-92619-0.
2. Mitä-Missä-Milloin, Kansalaisen vuosikirja 1959, p. 30−31. Helsinki: Otava, 1958. (in Finnish)
3. Mitä-Missä-Milloin, Kansalaisen vuosikirja 1968, p. 42. Helsinki: Otava, 1967. (in Finnish)

External links

• Markus Rautio at IMDb