Olli Lindholm

Olli Lindholm (born in Pori, Finland on 19 March 1964) is Finnish singer and guitarist. He is the lead singer of the renowned Finnish band Yö since the early 1980s with a string of hits and albums. In addition, he has worked on a solo basis with his own four albums released on various labels including Maailma on kaunis in 2010 that peaked at number one on The Official Finnish Chart Suomen virallinen lista.

Olli Lindhom started with another Finnish band Appendix in 1982 as a founding member and vocalist and guitarist alongside Juha Rauäng on bass and Vesku Koivusalo on drums. He left the band the same year and was replaced in vocals with Mikki Borgersen. He didn't take part in any official releases, as Borgersen was the singer on the band's debut album Ei raha oo mun valuuttaa in 1983.

He was awarded the Iskelmä-Finlandia "Best Finnish singer" award in 2008.

He has served as a guest judge during the auditions to the Finnish Idol series in 2011.

Discography

(For Olli Lindholm discography with Yö, refer to the band's discography section)

Olli

Olli is a cartoon character and a stuffed toy. The character Olli was original created in 2004 by Dutch designer and film director Hein Mevissen and writer Diederiekje Bok as a character for a bottled mineral water. Olli was one of many characters used on the packages and posters of the bottled water brand and John's Phone. Olli was launched on a party of MTV In Rotterdam in 2004. In 2013 Olli was again part of a campaign. This time to save the Rotterdam Zoo Diergaarde Blijdorp. Olli is part of the Ollimania family which is the company that created and owns all characters. Olli became a national hype in the Netherlands from the launch in 2004. After the launch Olli became the symbol of Rotterdam and professional football club Feyenoord. On September 10, 2015, Ollimania and its creators Hein Mevissen and Diederiekje Bok donated a huge Olli statue to the Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam. They did this to give a smile to the little patients and parents in the hospital. This original big Olli is there to stay.

Olli (disambiguation)

Olli may refer to: