Lasse Norres

Lars Johan Christian "Lasse" Norres (21 September 1952 – 14 November 2025) was a Finnish music and entertainment industry producer. In the 1980s, he served as the manager of the popular band Dingo and as the informer of the record label Finnlevy. He also worked in his own company called Entertainment Capital Finland Oy (also known as Riopop Oy Ltd. / ECF Oy).

Norres was a member of the board of the organization Lastenklinikoiden Kummit ry, which helps support children's hospitals, from 1999 to 2004. In 2006, he was awarded the "Journalist of the year" award by the Finnish Hot Rod Association FHRA, which was awarded for his significant work in advancing journalism. In 2008, he was awarded the Musiikki & Media award for his 40 years of work in the music industry.

Norres was elected to the city council of Vantaa in 2008 and 2012 as a candidate from the National Coalition Party and he was a candidate for the Parliament of Finland from the same party in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election.

Background Norres had a daughter, Christa, born in the early 1990s from a short relationship with a Kenyan woman. Norres was married to Tahiti Liljegren in 1994, but the marriage ended in a divorce only two years later. In 2002 Norres married Sari Poutiainen and they had two children, born in 2000 and 2004. Beginning in 2006, the family lived in Nikinmäki in Vantaa.

Norres died on 14 November 2025, at the age of 73.