Samuel Harjanne

{{Short description|Finnish director (born 1987)}}

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|occupation = Director, Actor, Voice Over Artist

|years_active = 1997–present

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Samuel Harjanne (born 22 December 1987) is a director and actor originally from Finland. He is currently living in Denmark. Before his career as a director, he performed voice-dubbing roles in the Finnish language for foreign media, including major character roles, as well as in various musicals in the Finnish and Swedish speaking theatres in Finland. He has directed and/or acted in theaters in Finland, such as: Helsinki City Theatre, Åbo Svenska Teater, Turku City Theatre, Wasa Teater, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri and Tampereen teatteri. He has directed many musicals, ranging from Disney to Altar Boyz, and since the success of his production of Kinky Boots in Helsinki 2018, he is considered a notable musical theatre director of Finland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000006376040.html|title=Samuel Harjanne nousi rakettimaisesti Suomen musikaaliohjaajien eliittiin, mutta samalla elämään saapui uusi yksinäisyys – Nyt hän kertoo paineista jättituotantojen taustalla|date=18 January 2020|website=Helsingin Sanomat}}{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10368952|title=Entinen lapsitähti ei saanut roolia musikaalista, suivaantui, lähti Britteihin opiskelemaan ja ohjaa nyt syksyn suurimmat ensi-illat: "Onhan siinä ihan hirveät riskit, että tänne tulee tällainen rääpäle"|website=Yle Uutiset|date=29 August 2018}}

Internationally he has been directing in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Estonia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/samuel-harjanne-on-suomen-mister-musikaali|title=Kosmopoliitti: Samuel Harjanne | Mondo|date=20 December 2020|website=www.apu.fi}}

His works include new productions of Come From Away,{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/tampereen-seutu/art-2000006497079.html|title=Tarina 9/11-iskusta TTT:n lavalle – menestysmusikaali kertoo, miten ihminen selviää poikkeusoloista|date=5 May 2020|website=Ilta-Sanomat}} Matilda{{Cite web|url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/teatteri/art-2000007587396.html|title=TTT:n uusi suurproduktio on Matilda-musikaali – lapsinäyttelijöiden haku alkaa lauantaina|date=8 January 2020|website=Aamulehti}} and Anastasia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007742366.html|title=Sadat näyttelijät ja musikaaliartistit osallistuvat koe-esiintymiseen viikonloppuna Tampereella – musikaalin kultasormi Samuel Harjanne hakee tähtiä uuden ohjauksen päärooleihin|date=15 January 2021|website=Aamulehti}}

He is the founder of Harjanne Company Ltd {{Cite web|url=https://www.samuelharjanne.com/|title=Samuel Harjanne – Theatre Director | Actor | Creative Mind | Teacher}}

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