Kaj Tapio "Tapsa" Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish athlete, singer and film actor.
Tapio Rautavaara was raised by his single mother and his formal education ended at the elementary level.By the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War in 1939, he had worked as a roadworker, a lumberjack and as a storeman at a co-operative mill. His national military service was with the Finnish Navy in the mid 1930s.
Kaj Tapio "Tapsa" Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish athlete, singer and film actor.
Tapio Rautavaara was raised by his single mother and his formal education ended at the elementary level.By the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War in 1939, he had worked as a roadworker, a lumberjack and as a storeman at a co-operative mill. His national military service was with the Finnish Navy in the mid 1930s.