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Lauri Salovaara is a Finnish event host and keynote speaker who has hosted NHL events in Finland since 2009 and was named Host, Speaker and Trainer of the Year at the Evento Awards.

Lauri Salovaara started out in radio in 1996 and has since hosted hundreds of events, from small seminars to ice arenas. He has hosted NHL events in Finland since 2009, and in 2017 the Evento Awards named him Finland’s Host, Speaker and Trainer of the Year. Lauri hosts and speaks in English and Finnish.

When life stops, you learn what to spend your time on. Lauri Salovaara learned it through a car crash and a cancer scare, and now he talks about it on stage.

Lauri has been behind the microphone since 1996, when he started at Radio Mega in Oulu, Finland. He went on to work in radio and television at Radiomafia, Radio Nova, Radio Suomipop, MTV3 and Nelonen, among others. He has hosted hundreds of events from galas and conferences to ice arenas, and he has hosted NHL events in Finland since 2009. In 2017 the Evento Awards named him Finland’s Host, Speaker and Trainer of the Year.

In 2007 Lauri founded Illan Isäntä Oy (Host of the Evening Ltd.), which has produced events such as the Finnish Santa Claus Championships and the Great Mother’s Day Concert at Oulu Cathedral. He hosts and speaks in English and Finnish and has performed in Norway, Germany, Kazakhstan and the United States.