Finnish Folk Song - Säkkijärven polkka

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Also, happy Finnish Independence National Day 🇫🇮!

''Säkkijärven polkka'' ("the Säkkijärvi polka" in English), also called the "Karelian-Finnish Polka," is a well-known folk tune from Finland, very popular with Finnish accordionists. It was especially popularized by Viljo "Vili" Vesterinen (1907–1961). The tune was first recorded in Säkkijärvi (now Kondratyevo in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia), and the lyrics sometimes sung with the tune state that while Säkkijärvi itself might have been lost (ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940), the Finns at least still had the polka.
During the Continuation War, the Finnish Army discovered that the retreating Soviets had scattered radio-controlled mines throughout the re-captured city of Viipuri. These mines were set off when a three-note chord was played on the frequency the radio was tuned to, causing three tuning forks (of which each mine had a unique combination) to vibrate at once. Once the Army and Yleisradio experts discovered how the mines worked, an Yleisradio mobile transmitter was brought to Viipuri, and Vesterinen's recording of the polka was played on the same frequencies the mines used. The song was played continuously for about 1,500 times in the beginning of September 1941, after which alternative equipment was used to continue the radio jamming operation until 2 February 1942.

[AgtfCZ]

I would like to remind that any kind of hate speech or racism against any group is forbidden and won't be tolerated! Let's enjoy the song and respect those rules so that the video won't be deleted by YouTube!

[GreatBritain]

The picture is actually a photo of the Finnish army.

[waltuh]

(-40°C outside)
Finnish: ahhh, summer...

[salemiess]

Everybody gangsta until the snow starts singing

[Eggyteevee]

Russian soldier: * sneezes *
Snow: "Bless you"

[captainremington]

Just a reminder, they used this song to set off Soviet mines while they were placing them. They were radio bombs that were set to a similar frequency. The Finnish were scary good at Sabotage.

[fluorescentboi]

Me: *tries to speak Finnish*
Me: *fails horribly*
The Demon i just summoned:

[ValentinGa]

How many äs do you want in your language?

Finns: Kyllä

[kvuf]

My parents told that this was played nonstop to sabotage the radio frequencies during the war. My grandmother having lived the war, taught me how to dance it. This is Finland!

[pizzaheister]

Ivan : You hear something
Vladimir : What
The Snow :

[ahumanistpotato]

Every other country: "We lost a city, this is a tragedy!"
Finland: "We have lost Säkkijärvi, but we still have polka left!"

[-r-]

Nobody:
The guy in medicine commercials listing all the side effects:

[theRandler_]

I started to listen to this song during my school classes, the improvement in my productivity is incredible. Love to Finland 🇫🇮 from Canada 🇨🇦.

[mysteriousyou]

Imagine being a Russian soldier and snow starts singing this

[yurigtx]

I played this on a Xiaomi.

It's now a Suomi.

[LibertyMapper.]

UK: Finland
Greece: Finlandia
Japan: Finrando
Italy: Finlandia
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro: Finska
Poland: Finlandia
Spain: Finlandia
Denmark: Finland
France: Finlande
Norway: Finland
Netherlands: Finland
Germany: Finnland
Turkey: Finlandiya

Finland: *S U O M I*

[peanut]

Remember.
The trees speak Vietnamese
The corpses speak Russian
And the snow speaks Finnish.

[Vinyboyful]

Russians: No one beat us on the winter.
Finland: Hold my molotov.

[poe]

Red Army: We have you outnumbered 500 to 1.

Simo Häyhä: I like those odds.

[davidbolec]

I once played this in a russian discord. They banned me permanently.


*WORTH IT*