Markus Rautio

Markus Rautio
Markus Rautio (right) in 1936
Born (1891-05-17)17 May 1891
Helsinki, Finland
Died 14 February 1973(1973-02-14) (aged 81)
Helsinki
Resting place Hietaniemi Cemetery
Show Markus-sedän lastentunti
Station(s) 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 1927 to 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 the mountain of the ear (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 reindeers.

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.



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