This is a list of women artists who were born in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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* Eva Acke (1855–1929), painter * Nina Ahlstedt (1853–1907), painter *

Eija-Liisa Ahtila Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a contemporary visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Helsinki. Ahtila is most known for her multi-panel cinematic installations. She experiments with narrative storytellin ...

(born 1959), photographer, video artist *

Miina Äkkijyrkkä Miina Äkkijyrkkä aka Liina Lång, originally Riitta Loiva (born July 2, 1949, in Iisalmi, Finland) is a Finnish artist. She is known for her paintings, drawings and sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in ...

(born 1949), painter, sculptor * Helena Arnell (1697–1751), painter

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* Heidi Blomstedt (1911–1982), ceramist *

Elina Brotherus Elina Brotherus (born 29 April 1972) is a Finnish photographer and video artist specializing in self-portraits and landscapes. Life Brotherus was born in Helsinki. She earned an M.S. in analytical chemistry from the University of Helsinki in 199 ...

(born 1972), photographer and video artist * Rut Bryk (1916–1999), ceramist

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Margareta Capsia Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait pa ...

(1682–1759), painter * Fanny Churberg (1845–1892), landscape painter

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* Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861–1919), painter

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Anna Eriksson Anna Sofia Eriksson (born 22 April 1977) is a Finnish artist, filmmaker, composer, and singer. In September 2018, avantgarde film '' M'' directed and produced by Eriksson was having the world premiere at the Venice International Film Critics Wee ...

(born 1977), filmmaker

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* Ellen Favorin (1853–1919), painter *

Hilda Flodin Hilda Flodin (16 March 1877 – 9 March 1958) was a Finnish artist. She worked in a variety of media, but in the first part of her career primarily sculpture and etchings, later primarily painting, especially portraits. Life and career Flodin w ...

(1877–1958), sculptor, etcher and painter *

Alina Forsman Alina Forsman (1845–1899) was a Finnish sculptor. She is referred to as the first female sculptor in Finland.kansallisbiografia Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland) Life Alina Forsman reportedly had a "burning interest" ...

(1845–1899), sculptor *

Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin Alexandra Theodora Frosterus-Såltin (6 December 1837, Ingå – 29 February 1916, Vaasa) was a Finnish-Swedish genre painter and illustrator, who is also known for her altarpieces. Biography Her father, Benjamin, was a theology professor and ...

(1837–1916), painter, illustrator

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* Viola Gråsten (1910–1994), textile designer

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* Greta Hällfors-Sipilä (1899–1974), painter * Nanna Hänninen (born 1973), photographic artist * Ilona Harima (1911–1986), painter * Helena Hietanen (born 1963), textile artist *

Eila Hiltunen Eila Vilhelmina Hiltunen (22 November 1922, Sortavala – 10 October 2003, Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor. She is most famous for the Sibelius Monument (1967). A statue by Hiltunen resembling a smaller version of the Sibelius Monument stands on ...

(1922–2003), sculptor * Sasha Huber (born 1975), contemporary artist * Tuuli Hypén (born 1983), cartoonist

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Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and ...

(1914–2001), painter, illustrator, cartoonist

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* Meeri Koutaniemi (born 1987), photographer and journalist *

Sinikka Kurkinen Sinikka Mirjam Kurkinen (born 1935) is a Finnish painter. She studied in Helsinki and Paris. Kurkinen was born in Joutseno, South Karelia. She gave her first exhibitions in Imatra in 1955 and in Helsinki in 1958. Her works can be seen at Ateneum ...

(born 1935), painter

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* Gun Lanciai (1920–2013), sculptor * Kaisa Leka (born 1978), cartoonist, politician * Rakel Liekki (born 1979), filmmaker, journalist and writer *

Marita Liulia Marita Liulia (born 27 October 1957 in Perho, Finland) is a visual artist working primarily in interactive multimedia. Her debut CD-ROM ''Maire'' (1994) was among the first works of art published in this format in the world. Her production in ...

(born 1957), media artist * Sirkka-Liisa Lonka (born 1943), painter, graphic artist *

Amélie Lundahl Helga Amélie Lundahl (26 May 1850 – 20 August 1914) was a Finland, Finnish Painting, painter. Biography She was born in Oulu, the youngest of eleven children. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham, a Town Repre ...

(1850–1914), painter * Leena Luostarinen (1949–2013), painter * Kiba Lumberg (born 1956), artist, writer

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Tea Mäkipää Tea Mäkipää (born 1973) is a Finland, Finnish artist known for her installations, architectural works and videos. She earned a BA in Fine Art, from the Academy of Fine Arts (Finland), Helsinki and an MA from the Royal College of Art in London ...

(born 1973), contemporary artist *

Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm Lovisa Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845) was a Finnish - Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble. Biography She was the daughter of Major Jacob Georgsson Malm (1735–1789) and Eleonora Lovisa von Köhnnigstedt (1745–1821). She married ...

(1768–1845), painter, writer *

Totte Mannes Totte Mannes (born 1933 in Kajaani, Finland) is a visual artist whose oil paintings are on display in many museums and collections. She lives in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4&nbs ...

(born 1933), painter * Marjatta Metsovaara (1927–2014), textile artist * Marja Mikkonen (born 1979), filmmaker *

Helvi Mustonen Helvi Mustonen (born 1 July 1947 in Kemi), is a Finnish artist and a painter. Mustonen's works of art are mainly paintings, but she also creates sculptures in bronze. Helvi Mustonen's art has typically very strong and emotional themes and strong ...

(born 1947), painter

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* Elena Näsänen (born 1968), visual artist working with film and video installations * Elin Alfhild Nordlund (1861–1941), painter *

Gunnel Nyman Gunnel Nyman (September 19, 1909 – October 7, 1948) was a Finnish glass and metal artist, and one of the founders of modern Finnish glass design. She was also a proponent of early mass-produced glassware. Nyman's glassware is exhibited in museu ...

(1909–1948), glass and metal artist

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Outi Pieski Outi Pieski (born 1973) is a Sámi visual artist from Finland whose paintings, collages and installations employ traditional handicrafts such as the tassels of Sámi shawls to depict the light and landscapes of the far north. In 2017, she was hon ...

(born 1973), Sámi visual artist *

Tuulikki Pietilä Ida Helmi Tuulikki Pietilä (18 February 1917 – 23 February 2009) was an American-born Finnish graphic artist and professor. Pietilä is considered one of Finland's most influential graphic artists, with her work being shown in multiple art exh ...

(1917–2009), graphic artist * Ulla Procopé (1921–1968), ceramist * Laila Pullinen (1933–2015), artist, sculptor * Ritva Puotila (born 1935), artist, textile designer

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Essi Renvall Ester ”Essi” Renvall (née Lähde; 3 October 1911 Oulu, Finland – 18 October 1979 Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish sculptor. She studied in Suomen Taideyhdistyksen piirustuskoulu 1930–1932. Her works were in public exhibition for the firs ...

(1911–1979), sculptor *

Diana Ringo Diana Ringo (born 8 March 1992) is a Finnish film director, composer and visual artist. Her director debut is dystopian feature film drama ''Quarantine'' (2021) which was shortlisted for the 2022 Golden Globes as a foreign entry. She was also c ...

(born 1992), filmmaker, visual artist * Nastja Säde Rönkkö (born 1985), performance artist * Hanna Rönnberg (1862–1946), painter and writer * Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842), painter * Johanna Rytkölä (born 1956), sculptor, ceramic artist

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Nina Sailo Nina Sailo (née Stünkel; 26 July 1906 – 15 November 1998) was a sculptor from Finland. Nina Stünkel studied in Vyborg, Helsinki and London. In 1932 she became a private student of sculptor Alpo Sailo, whom she later married. They traveled ...

(1906–1998), sculptor * Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), artist, art critic *

Helene Schjerfbeck Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish painter. A modernist painter, she is known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, h ...

(1862–1946), painter * Ida Silfverberg (1834–1899), painter * Helmi Sjöstrand (1864–1957), painter *

Anita Snellman Sini Anita Kyllikki Snellman (4 September 1924 – 24 February 2006) was a Finnish painter. Biography Snellman was born in Helsinki on 4 September 1924. She studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Helsinki, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art ...

(1924–2006), painter *

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt Wendla Irene Soldan-Brofeldt, known as Venny (2 November 1863, Helsinki – 10 October 1945, Lohja) was a Finnish painter, illustrator, graphic artist, wood sculptor and jewelry designer. She belonged to the Swedish speaking population of Finland ...

(1863–1945), painter, illustrator, graphic artist and jewellery designer *

Minna Sundberg Minna Sundberg (born January 9, 1990) is a Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking Finns, Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden. She is known for the webcomics ''A Redtail's Dream'' (aRTD), and ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' (SS, SS). B ...

(born 1990), illustrator, cartoonist

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* Marjatta Tapiola (born 1951), painter * Sophie Taxell (1911–1996), painter * Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), expressionist painter * Hilkka Toivola (1909–2002), stained-glass artist * Salla Tykkä (born 1973), video artist *

Katja Tukiainen Katja Maarit Tukiainen (born 1969) is a Finnish visual artist, painter and comic artist. She was the regional artist of Uusimaa from 1999 to 2001 and the 2003 winner of the Finnish Comic Society's annual Puupää Award. She received the Finnish ...

(born 1969), painter, comics artist

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Marja Vallila Marja Vallila (October 20, 1950 – December 23, 2018) was an American artist, painter, ceramicist and sculptor. Biography Marja Vallila was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia to a Finnish father, diplomat Olli Vallila, and a mother of Czech desce ...

(born 1950), sculptor *

Sonja Vectomov Sonja Vectomov (born 21 May 1979) is a Czech-Finnish electronic musician and composer who descends from a family rooted in the classical music world.Poncar, M."Sonja Vectomov právě vydala album ''Lamprophrenia''" Techno.cz, Sep 26, 2016. Vect ...

(born 1957), sculptor

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* Dora Wahlroos (1870–1947), painter *

Martta Wendelin Martta Maria Wendelin (23 November 1893 in Kymi — 1 March 1986 in Tuusula Tuusula (; sv, Tusby ) is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and is by fa ...

(1893–1986), painter *

Helena Westermarck Helena Charlotta Westermarck (20 November 1857, Helsinki – 5 April 1938, Helsinki) was a Finnish artist and writer (belonging to Swedish-speaking population of Finland). She is known for her pioneering biographies of women. Biography Westerma ...

(1857–1938), painter, writer * Maria Wiik (1853–1928), painter *

Maria Wolfram Maria Wolfram (born 1961) is a Finnish visual artist. She is known for creating art that is viewed through the female perspective. Education and career Wolfram enrolled at art school Vapaa Taidekoulu to study painting. She attended Berkshire ...

(born 1961), painter and installation artist

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* Margaretha Zetterberg (1773–1803), textile and crafts artist {{Lists of women artists by nationality - Finnish women artists, List of

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