Eurovision 1977 - Finland

Monica Aspelund performing “Lapponia“, the Finnish entry at the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest. One of Finland’s most wonderful and underrated entries (and heaven knows they have quite a few!) and certainly the most unusual song in that year’s contest, this is a song that beautifully combines the fairytale element of the lyrics (it talks about a mythological witch) with a “Nordic jazz“ ambience in the melody and the arrangement, all perfectly helped by Monica Aspelund’s excellent performance (right up to t