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{{Infobox album
| name       = 6.12.
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Värttinä]]
| cover      = Varttina_6.12.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|2001|9|3}}
| recorded   = 6 December 2000<br />[[Savoy Theatre]], Helsinki
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Finnish [[folk music]]
| length     = 55:34
| label      = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Finland]]
| producer   = [[Pekka Lehti]]
| prev_title = [[Ilmatar (album)|Ilmatar]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[Double Life (album)|Double Life]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
{{Music ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = ''[[Miami New Times]]''
| rev1Score = favorable<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2002-05-02/music/smallworld.html | newspaper=Miami New Times | title=Värttinä, Wimme | date=2 May 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627052948/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2002-05-02/music/smallworld.html | archive-date=27 June 2006 | first=Bob | last=Tarte | access-date=2 August 2018 }}</ref>
}}
'''''6.12.''''' ('''''Live in Helsinki''''' in the United States) is [[Värttinä]]'s 9th [[album]] and first [[live album]], released on 3 September 2001. It was recorded in the [[Independence Day (Finland)|Finland Independence Day]], 6 December 2000.

All songs on ''6.12.'' appear on earlier Värttinä [[studio album]]s. ''6.12.'' has less-varied instrumentation than their studio albums (after ''Oi Dai'').

After being realized in Finland by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Finland]], ''6.12.'' was released by Resistencia in Spain in 2001. In 2002, it was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by [[Westpark Music|Westpark]], in [[Benelux]] by [[Frea]], and in the United States by [[NorthSide]].

==Track listing==
All tracks were arranged by Värttinä, except for "Käppee" by [[Mari Kaasinen]]
{{Track listing
| title1 = Äijö
| writer1 = [[Antto Varilo]] / [[Kirsi Kähkönen]]
| length1 = 4:54
| title2 = Viikon vaivane
| writer2 = traditional / [[Sari Kaasinen]]
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Käppee
| writer3 = M. Kaasinen
| length3 = 2:26
| title4 = Hoptsoi
| writer4 = [[Kari Reiman]]
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = Meri
| writer5 = K. Reiman / [[Sirpa Reiman]]
| length5 = 5:33
| title6 = Liigua
| writer6 = [[Susan Aho]]
| length6 = 5:23
| title7 = Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta
| writer7 = trad.
| length7 = 4:43
| title8 = Pihi neito
| writer8 = trad. / S. Kaasinen
| length8 = 3:24
| title9 = Mie tahon tanssia
| writer9 = [[Janne Lappalainen]] / S. Kaasinen
| length9 = 3:18
| title10 = Laulutyttö
| writer10 = K. Reiman / S. Reiman
| length10 = 3:05
| title11 = Outona omilla mailla
| writer11 = K. Reiman / S. Reiman
| length11 = 3:14
| title12 = Ukko Lumi
| writer12 = trad.
| length12 = 3:24
| title13 = Seelinnikoi
| writer13 = trad. / S. Kaasinen
| length13 = 3:18
| title14 = Vot i kaalina
| writer14 = trad.
| length14 = 3:01
}}
*Also includes "Äijö" video

==Personnel==
*[[Susan Aho]]&nbsp;– [[vocals]], [[percussion]]
*[[Mari Kaasinen]]&nbsp;– vocals
*[[Kirsi Kähkönen]]&nbsp;– vocals
*[[Riikka Timonen]]&nbsp;– vocals
*[[Janne Lappalainen]]&nbsp;– [[bouzouki]], [[saxophone]]
*[[Markku Lepistö]]&nbsp;– [[accordion]]
*[[Pekka Lehti]]&nbsp;– [[double bass]]
*[[Kari Reiman]]&nbsp;– [[violin]]
*[[Marko Timonen]]&nbsp;– [[drum]]s, [[percussion]]
*[[Antto Varilo]]&nbsp;– [[guitar]]s

On the video, new members [[Johanna Virtanen]] and [[Jaska Lukkarinen]] replace [[Riikka Timonen]] and [[Marko Timonen]], respectively.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.varttina.com/recordings/6-12/ Värttinä page with samples] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209052457/http://www.varttina.com/recordings/6-12/ |date=9 December 2004 }}
*[http://www.varttina.com/videos/ Aijö video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204010530/http://www.varttina.com/videos/ |date=4 December 2004 }}

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