His hobby was football. He wrote a Finnish version of a Christmas calendar TV series, "The
Joulukalenteri". One actor in "The Joulukalenteri" was Kari Lehtomäki,
who is a member of the Finnish orchestra, Finlanders.
He played football with "Kansainväliset koskelaiset", also called
"Haliovich", team in Germany in 2003.
He was a friend of Finnish singer Matti Eskonniemi (artist name Matti
Esko).
He was a friend of Pertti "Spede" Pasanen
He was a friend of Finnish reporter Aarne Tanninen. They went to the
same school in Jämsä and have been friends since then.