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Marja-Sisko Aalto Marja-Sisko Aalto (born July 29, 1954) is a Finnish writer of detective fiction and former minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was the vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010. She became notable as Finland's first openly trans ...
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Uma Aaltonen Ulla-Maija "Uma" Aaltonen (28 August 1940, Vihti – 13 July 2009, Helsinki) was a Finnish people, Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician. Early life and education Aaltonen was raised on a farm and learned to love animals ...
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Aapeli Simo Tapio Puupponen (23 October 1915 – 11 October 1967), better known by the pen name Aapeli, was a Finnish writer and novelist. Aapeli was born in Kuopio, and became a journalist for the ''Pohjois-Savo'' and ''Savon Sanomat'' newspapers. ...
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Umayya Abu-Hanna Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 17 March 1961) is a Palestinian-Finnish writer, journalist, and former member of the Helsinki City Council born in Haifa, Haifa, Israel into a Palestinian family. She moved to Finland in 1981. In 2011, she moved to Amsterda ...
* Aino Ackté * Gösta Ågren *
Juhani Aho Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt (11 September 1861 – 8 August 1921), was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature twelve times. Early life Juhani Aho was born at Lapinlahti in 1861. His pa ...
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Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo (27 January 1900, in Impilahti, Karelia – 15 September 1997, Simrishamn, Sweden) was a Finnish artist, architect and thinker. Inventor of "AE-evohomology" life philosophy. He was a witness to the Russian Revolution. "Ah ...
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Johan Jacob Ahrenberg Johan Jacob Ahrenberg, usually referred to as Jac (30 March 1847, in Vyborg – 10 October 1914, in Helsinki) was a Finnish architect, writer and artist. He designed a number of public buildings in Finland and is also remembered for his literary wo ...
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Risto Ahti Risto Ahti (born 27 August 1943 in Lahti) is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino L ...
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Outi Alanne Outi Alanne (born 4 May 1967) is a Finnish writer, also known by the pseudonym NeitiNaru. Alanne was born in Oulu. In 1995, she started studying literature, art history, Finnish language and theatre in the University of Helsinki. As a student sh ...
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Santeri Alkio Santeri Alkio (born Aleksander Filander; 17 June 1862 – 24 July 1930) was a Finnish politician, author and journalist. He is also considered to be the ideological father of Finnish Centre Party. History Alkio was born in Laihia; his parent ...
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Marianne Alopaeus Marianne Alopaeus (9 October 1918 – 10 November 2014) was a Finland, Finnish-born writer who published in Swedish language, Swedish. Biography Marianne Rosenbröijer was born in Ekenäs, Finland, Ekenäs in southern Finland on 9 October 1918.
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Claes Andersson Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson (30 May 1937 – 24 July 2019) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish psychiatrist, author, poet, jazz musician, politician and member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance and the Finnish People's Democra ...
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Adolf Ivar Arwidsson Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (7 August 1791 – 21 June 1858) was a Finnish political journalist, writer and historian. His writing was critical of Finland's status at the time as a Grand Duchy under the Russian Tsars. Its sharpness cost him his job a ...


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Kersti Bergroth Kersti Solveig Bergroth (24 January 1886 – 24 January 1975) was a Finnish author and playwright. Career Bergroth was known to have been linguistically gifted. She wrote in Swedish until 1920, translated English and French literature to Finnis ...
* Hassan Blasim * Caj Bremer


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Minna Canth Minna Canth (; born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson; 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresse ...
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Kristina Carlson Kristina Carlson (born 31 July 1949 in Helsinki), also known by her pen name Mari Lampinen, is a Finnish novelist, poet and writer. Her novels include ''Maan ääreen'', ''Herra Darwinin puutarhuri'' and ''William N. Päiväkirja''. She has also w ...
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Bo Carpelan Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books ...
* Fredrik Cygnaeus


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Erik Dahlberg '' Count Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh (10 October 162516 January 1703) was a Sweden, Swedish military engineer, Governor-general and Field marshal. He rose to the level of nobility through his military competence. As an architect and draftsman, he w ...


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Adelaïde Ehrnrooth Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (17 January 1826 – 31 May 1905) was a Finland, Finnish feminist and writer. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born in Nastola, one of the 16 children of an aristocratic family.''Suomen kulttuurihistoria'', p. 59. Editor in ch ...
* Michel Ekman * Kari Enqvist *
Pekka Ervast Pekka Elias Ervast (26 December 1875, Helsinki — 22 May 1934, Helsinki) was a Finnish writer. Ervast joined 1895 the Swedish Theosophical society and started 1907 the Finnish Theosophical society, ''Suomen Teosofinen Seura''. He was chief sec ...


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Monika Fagerholm Monika Kristina Fagerholm (born 26 February 1961 in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author living in Ekenäs, Finland. She is the daughter of professor Nils-Erik Fagerholm and library amanuensis Kristina Herrgård. Fagerholm has studied ...
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Henrik Florinus Henrik Florinus (1633 – 12 April 1705), born Henricus Florinus, was a Finnish priest, writer and translator. In 1702, he published the first collection of Finnish proverbs called ''Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut'' (''" ...
* Tua Forsström *
Peter Franzén Peter Vilhelm Franzén (born 14 August 1971) is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his role as King Harald Finehair in ''Vikings'' (2016–2020). Personal life Franzén was born in Keminmaa, north Finland. ...
* Eino Friberg *
Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle (23 October 1867 in Helsinki – 9 April 1946 in Porvoo) was a Finnish artist and writer. She is best known for paintings portraying intimate family life, and for portraits. Life Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle was born ...


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Sami Garam Sami Garam (born 31 October 1967 in Helsinki) is a Finnish cook and writer of Hungarian descent. The son of Károly and Sirkka Garam (née Saarikoski). Sami Garam's mother, Sirkka Garam, is a sister of the Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski. Sami G ...
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Carl Axel Gottlund Carl Axel Gottlund (24 February 1796 in Ruotsinpyhtää – 20 April 1875 in Helsinki) was a Finland, Finnish explorer, collector of folklore, historian, cultural politician, linguist, philologist, translator, writer, publisher and lecturer of Fin ...
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Karl Jacob Gummerus Gummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Kaarle Jaakko Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million. Annually, ...
* Hans Aslak Guttorm


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Hilja Haapala Hilja Haapala, (Hilja Dagmar Janhonen) (14 January 1877 in Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest ...
* Paavo Haavikko *
Lucina Hagman Lucina Hagman (5 June 1853, Kälviä – 6 September 1946) was an early Finnish feminist and among the first female MPs in the world due to the 1907 Finnish parliamentary election. Life and career Hagman was the daughter of police master Nils Jo ...
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Simo Halinen Simo Halinen (born 1963) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, actor and author. Halinen graduated from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University in 1995. Halinen released his first novel ''Idänsydänsimpukka'' in 2004 a ...
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Jouko Halmekoski Jouko Antero Halmekoski (born 1937, in Asikkala) is a Finnish writer who lives in Kalkkinen, a village near by Asikkala's municipality with his wife Leena Halmekoski. Jouko worked most of his life as a technical director in Asko furniture compa ...
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Yrjö Halonen Yrjö Halonen (23 May 1862 – 11 August 1941) was a Finnish cantor, bank director and politician, born in Kestilä. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1897 to 1905 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1909 and again from 1913 t ...
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Helvi Hämäläinen Helvi Hämäläinen (16 June 1907 – 17 January 1998) was a Finnish writer who published dozens of books of prose and poetry during her six decade writing career. Biography Helvi Heleena Hämäläinen was born in Hamina, 16 June 1907. She moved ...
* Virpi Hämeen-Anttila *
Eero Hämeenniemi Eero Olavi Hämeenniemi (born 29 April 1951 in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish composer, musician and writer. He is an adjunct professor at the University of the Arts Helsinki and he has played and recorded solo improvisation concerts. Hämeenniemi ha ...
* Eino Hanski *
Anna-Leena Härkönen Anna-Leena Härkönen (born 10 April 1965) is a Finnish writer and actress. She was born in Liminka and studied acting at the college of drama and the University of Tampere's program of drama studies, which she concluded in 1989. She won the J. ...
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Saima Harmaja Saima Rauha Maria Harmaja (8 May 1913, Helsinki – 21 April 1937) was a Finnish poet and writer. She is known for her tragic life and early death, which are reflected in her sensitive poems. She came from a prominent family; her maternal grand ...
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Vilho Helanen Vilho Veikko Päiviö Helanen (24 November 1899 – 8 June 1952) was a Finnish civil servant and politician. Helanen was born in Oulu, and was a student as the University of Helsinki, where he gained an MA in 1923 and completed his doctorate in ...
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Linda Helenius Linda Helenius (July 5, 1894 in Pöytyä – April 18, 1960 in Helsinki) was a Finnish nurse, missionary and writer. Helenius was among the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission missionaries in Owamboland (modern Namibia and Angola) in 1921–1952. ...
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Elina Hirvonen Elina Hirvonen (born 1975, Helsinki) is a Finnish writer, journalist and documentary film-maker. She was educated at the Helsinki University of Art and Design, and also the University of Turku, where she studied literature in the Faculty of Human ...
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Pentti Holappa Pentti Vihtori Holappa (11 August 1927 – 10 October 2017) was a Finnish poet, writer and politician. Born in Ylikiiminki to a relatively poor family of modest means, he held numerous jobs before becoming a political journalist and eventually obt ...
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Anselm Hollo Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo (12 April 1934 – 29 January 2013) was a Finnish poet and translator. He lived in the United States from 1967 until his death in January 2013. Hollo published more than forty titles of poetry in the United Kingdom and ...
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Johanna Holmström Johanna Holmström (born 1981) is a Finland-Swedish author. Holmström was born in Sipoo and lives in Helsinki. Her first publication was the short-story collection ''Inlåst och andra noveller'' (2003), from which the short story "Inlåst" ('Lo ...
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Kari Hotakainen Kari Hotakainen (born 9 January 1957 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, soun ...
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Lars Huldén Lars Evert Huldén (5 February 1926 – 11 October 2016) was a Swedish-speaking Finn writer, scholar and translator. Born in Jakobstad, Finland, he was professor at Helsinki university 1964–1989. In 1986 Huldén received an honorary doctorate f ...
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Hannele Huovi Päivi Marja Hannele Huovi, married name Eskola (b. 19 March 1949), is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. ...
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Veikko Huovinen Veikko Huovinen (7 May 1927 – 4 October 2009) was a Finnish novelist and forester. As a novelist, his writing was known for its realism, pacifism, sharp intellect, and peculiar humor. He wrote 37 books, and one of his best-known humorous novels ...
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Juha Hurme Juha Hurme (born 29 June 1959 in Paimio) is a Finnish director, playwright and writer. In 2006 Hurme received the Eino Leino Prize and in 2017 he was awarded the Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen ...
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Antti Hyry Antti Kalevi Hyry (20 October 1931 in Kuivaniemi – 4 June 2016 in Espoo) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis o ...


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Jouni Inkala Jouni Mikael Inkala was born on 15 April 1966, in Kemi, Finland. Until the year 2005 he had published seven collections of poems of which the latest were Kirjoittamaton (Unwritten, 2002) and Sarveisaikoja (Periods of stratum cornea, 2005). Jouni I ...
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Emmi Itäranta Emmi Elina Itäranta (born 1976) is a Finnish novelist. Her debut novel '' Memory of Water'' was published by HarperCollins in 2014. Biography Itäranta holds a MA in Drama from the University of Tampere, and worked as a columnist, theatre c ...


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Pedar Jalvi Pedar Jalvi or Peđar Jalvi (10 April 1888 – 8 August 1916) was Finland's first Sámi writer and has been called the principal figure of Sámi literature. He attended the Jyväskylä Teachers College, from which he graduated in 1915. While he w ...
* Lars Jansson * Tove Jansson * Arvid Järnefelt *
Artturi Järviluoma Kustaa Artturi Järviluoma (9 August 1879 – 31 January 1942) was a Finnish journalist, screenwriter and author. Until 1902, he went by the name Jernström. He is best known for his play '' Pohjalaisia'' (The Ostrobothnians), which later formed t ...
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Eeva Joenpelto Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921, Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004, Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945 Hellemann, was an award-winning Finnish novelist. Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohja tetralogy which depicted s ...
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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948, in Helsinki, Finland – 4 December 2011, in Valkeakoski, Finland) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), ''Vuoden johtolanka'' prize (1985, 1994, ...
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Maria Jotuni Maria Gustaava Jotuni (Haggrén until 1906, Jotuni-Tarkiainen from 1911, born 9 April 1880Daniel Juslenius Daniel Juslenius (10 June 1676, Mynämäki – 17 July 1752, Skara) was a Finnish writer and bishop. He was a professor of Hebrew, Greek and theology at the Royal Academy of Turku. Juslenius is considered Finland's first Fennoman and a firm advo ...
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Helvi Juvonen Helvi Juvonen (5 November 1919, Iisalmi, Northern Savonia – 1 October 1959) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis ...


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Sirpa Kähkönen Sirpa Kähkönen (born 15 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist and translator. Initially writing for young adults, she gained popularity in Finland with her Kuopio series of historical novels. Born in Kuopio, Kähkönen studied literature and hi ...
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Markus Kajo Markus Aarni Erämies Kajo (born 7 December 1957 in Isojoki) is a Finland, Finnish reporter, screenwriter and TV show host. He has appeared on Yleisradio, YLE TV2 in shows such as ''Ihmisen käsikirja'', ''Markus Kajon ruudunsäästöohjelma'', ' ...
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Hilda Käkikoski Hilda Maria Käkikoski (31 January 1864 – 14 November 1912) was a Finnish politician, writer and schoolteacher. She was one of the first nineteen women elected to Finnish parliament in 1907. Life and career Käkikoski was born Hilda Maria Sjà ...
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Urho Karhumäki Urho Karhumäki (June 7, 1891, Multia – February 26, 1947, Vihti) was a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finl ...
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Elina Karjalainen Aili Elina Karjalainen (née. Saraste, 3 June 1927 Viipuri – 14 August 2006 Kuopio) was a journalist and author from Finland. She is best known for books for children. The protagonist of many of Karjalainen's books is Uppo-Nalle, a teddybear ...
* Jussi Pekka Kasurinen *
Daniel Katz Daniel Katz may refer to: * Daniel Katz (psychologist) (1903–1998), American psychologist * Daniel Katz (environmental activist) (born 1962), American environmentalist writer, speaker and activist * Daniel Katz (politician) Victor Daniel Katz ...
* Kerttu Kauniskangas *
Anssi Kela Anssi Kela (born 29 July 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums. During his career, Kela has sold over 230,000 records in Finland. He received four Emma awards in 2002. Anssi K ...
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Usko Kemppi Usko Urho Uljas Kemppi (until 1943 Hurmerinta, 12 February 1907 – 13 May 1994) was a Finnish composer, lyricist, author and screenwriter. His body of work consisted of songs, plays and manuscripts. Selected filmography as a screenwriter * '' ...
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Katja Kettu Katja Maaria Kettu (born ''Heikkinen'', April 10, 1978) is a Finnish contemporary writer and film producer. She debuted in 2005 with the novel ''Surujenkerääjä''. The book was nominated for the Helsingin-Sanomat literature prize as best debut n ...
* Ilmari Kianto *
Jyrki Kiiskinen Jyrki Kiiskinen (born 1963) is a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of ...
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Eeva Kilpi Eeva Karin Kilpi (née Salo; 18 February 1928, Hiitola) is a Finnish writer and feminist. Better known abroad than in Finland, her poetry, characterized as feminist humor, was discovered in the 1980s in Europe. Biography Eeva Karin Salo was bor ...
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Volter Kilpi Volter Kilpi, born Volter Ericsson, (December 12, 1874 – June 13, 1939) was a Finnish author best known for his two-volume novel '' Alastalon salissa'' (1933), often considered one of the best written in the Finnish language. Kilpi has been co ...
* Marko Kitti *
Markku Kivinen Markku Jalmari Kivinen (born June 5, 1951 in Helsinki, Finland) is a professor of sociology and the director of the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki, Finland, since 1996. Kivinen's academic expertise is social theory, Russian do ...
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Hanna Kokko Hanna Kokko (born 1971) is a scientist and full professor at the University of Zurich. She works in the fields of evolution and ecology and is known for her research on the evolution and maintenance of sex, the feedback between ecology and evolu ...
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Yrjö Kokko Yrjö Olavi Samuli Kokko (16 October 1903 in Sortavala – 6 September 1977 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer and veterinarian. He wrote more than 20 books, among them ''Pessi and Illusia'' (''Pessi ja Illusia'', 1944), ''Singing Swan of fate Bird ...
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Lauri Kokkonen Lauri Hermanni Kokkonen (August 9, 1918 in Pielavesi - October 6, 1985 in Oulu) was a Finnish author and playwright. He is famous as the writer of the plays ''Viimeiset kiusaukset'' (The Last Temptations, 1960) and ''Ruskie neitsyt'' (The Red Maide ...
* Vilho Koljonen *
Riku Korhonen Riku Korhonen (born 1972) is a Finnish writer and journalist. Before turning to writing full-time, he taught creative writing at the University of Turku. Korhonen's first novel ''Kahden ja yhden yön tarinoita'' was published in 2003 and won the ...
* Jorma Korpela *
Jukka Koskelainen Jukka Koskelainen (born 1961) is a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1993 along with Jyrki Kiiskinen Jyrki Kiiskinen (born 1963) is a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual priz ...
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Julius Krohn Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn (19 April 1835 – 28 August 1888) was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of Baltic German origin. Krohn wo ...
* Leena Krohn * Heli Kruger *
Kirsi Kunnas Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish. Her oeuvre consists of poems, fairy tale books, drama, translations (e.g. Lewis Carroll, Federico Garcí ...
* Matti Kurikka * Janne Kuusi *
Stephen Kuusisto Stephen Kuusisto is an American poet who is known for his work on depicting disabilities, specifically blindness. He is a professor at Syracuse University, where he teaches poetry and creative non-fiction. He also directs the Interdisciplinary Pr ...
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Tuomas Kyrö Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons. Kyrö has received a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundation in 2005 and the ...


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Jarkko Laine Jarkko Laine (17 March 1947 – 19 August 2006) was a Finnish poet and a writer of prose and plays. He also translated American literature to Finnish. Jarkko Laine was born in Turku, Finland. He became known from the 1960s underground movement, d ...
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Sinikka Laine Sinikka Laine-Törmänen (born 17 October 1945) is a Finnish author primarily of young adult fiction. Her first novel ''Ohari'' was published in 1982. Laine has won many literary awards and her novel ''Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä'' (1986) ...
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Leena Lander Leena Lander (born 25 October 1955, in Turku) is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran. In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for ''Tummien perhosten koti'' (The Home of the Dark Butterflies), which ...
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Eeles Landström Eeles Enok Landström (3 January 1932 – 29 June 2022) was a Finnish pole vaulter, a member of the Finnish parliament, and a business executive. He won two European titles, in 1954 and 1958, and competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning ...
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Martti Larni Martti Larni (birth name Martti Johannes Laine) (September 22, 1909 – March 7, 1993) was a Finnish writer. He was the chairman of the Union of Finnish Writers The Union of Finnish Writers ( fi, Suomen Kirjailijaliitto r.y.) is an ideological a ...
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Joel Lehtonen Joel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna). His childhood was fatherless and poverty-stricken, his mother suffered from mental f ...
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Lasse Lehtinen Lasse Lehtinen (born 23 January 1947 in Kotka) is a Finnish politician, former Member of the Finnish Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which is part of the P ...
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Torsti Lehtinen Torsti Lehtinen, Finnish writer and philosopher, was born in Helsinki in 1942. He studied philosophy, theology and literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1959 he made his first trip abroad, to Copenhagen, a city that became and has remain ...
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Tuija Lehtinen Tuija Lehtinen (born 12 December 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer. In 1973 she graduated from high school in Kuopio, then in 1978 graduated with a BS from the University of Oulu, majoring in statistics. Lehtinen was a freelance journalist f ...
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Joel Lehtonen Joel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna). His childhood was fatherless and poverty-stricken, his mother suffered from mental f ...
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Tommi Liimatta Tommi Liimatta (born 14 January 1976 in Kemi, Finland) is a musician, writer and a poet most famous for being the singer, songwriter and lyricist for the rock group Absoluuttinen Nollapiste. His other works include a novel, a prose poem Prose ...
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Rosa Liksom Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut ...
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Aleko Lilius Aleko Axel August Eugen Lilius (2 April189024June 1977) was an explorer, businessman, diplomat, writer, journalist, and photographer of Finnish, Swedish, and Russian extraction. He has been described as an English journalist, a Russian Finn, an A ...
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Lauri Linna Lauri Johannes Linna (11 July 1930 – 9 June 2018) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party Finnish People's Unit ...
* Väinö Linna * Johannes Linnankoski *
Katri Lipson Katri Lipson (born 1965 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer and doctor. She studied medicine at Uppsala University, graduating in 1993. Since then, she has worked as a doctor in Finland, Sweden and Kenya. Her debut novel ''Cosmonaut'' (''Kosmonautti ...
* Herbert Lomas * Elias Lönnrot *
Sami Lopakka Sami Lopakka is a Finnish guitarist and author. He was one of two guitarists for the metal band Sentenced until it disbanded (1989–2005). He was the band's main lyricist and was also considered to be the spokesman for the band. Since 2007, L ...
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Kiba Lumberg Kiba Lumberg, real name Kirsti Leila Annikki Lumberg, (born 27 May 1956) is a Finnish artist and author of Finnish Kale descent. She is known as a critic of the traditional Roma culture. Biography Lumberg was born in Lappeenranta. She ran aw ...
* Reko Lundán *
Ulla-Lena Lundberg Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 14 July 1947, Kökar, Åland) is a Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland. Her Swedish-language books have been translated into several languages, including Finnish, Danish, German, Russian and Dutch. Biography ...
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Hannu Luntiala Hannu Veikko Luntiala (born October 12, 1952) is the former Director General of the Population Register Centre in Finland and an author for Tammi and Aviador Kustannus, both Finnish publishing companies. Career at Population Register Centre ...
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Heikki Luoma Heikki Luoma (born 3 January 1944 in Kyyjärvi) is a Finnish writer, playwright and screenwriter. Luoma has been a full-time writer and Finnish Writers member since 1990. He has created a number of texts in award-winning writing competitions and ...


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Hannu Mäkelä Hannu Mäkelä is the name of * Hannu Mäkelä (writer) Hannu Mäkelä (born 18 August 1943 in Helsinki, Finland) is an author of more than 100 books in Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Cult ...
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Aino Malmberg Aino Emma Wilhelmina Malmberg Perenius (February 24, 1865 – February 3, 1933) was a Finnish writer and politician. Malmberg was born in Hollola to Pastor John Perenius and Edla Olivia Björkstén. She took her matriculation examination in 18 ...
* Eeva-Liisa Manner * Juha Mannerkorpi *
Otto Manninen Otto Manninen (13 August 1872, Kangasniemi – 6 April 1950, Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, poet, and a celebrated translator of world classics into Finnish language. Along with Eino Leino in the early 20th century, he is considered as a pioneer ...
* Auli Mantila *
Jarkko Martikainen Jarkko Martikainen (born 24 October 1970 in Greifswald, GDR) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and member of the rock band YUP. In addition to his musical career, Martikainen has worked as a columnist, a record producer and a documentary filmmaker ...
* David McDuff *
Arto Melleri Arto Matti Vihtori Melleri (7 September 1956 in Lappajärvi – 13 May 2005 in Helsinki) was a Finnish poet and writer. Melleri gained fame with the play, ''Pete Q'', in the 1970s. He studied at the Theatre Academy of Helsinki between 1976 - 19 ...
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Veijo Meri Veijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. The work is anti-war and has dark humor. Born in Viipuri (today Vyborg, Russia), Meri graduated from secondary ...
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Aila Meriluoto Aila Meriluoto (10 January 1924 – 21 October 2019) was a Finnish poet, writer and translator. Meriluoto was born in Pieksämäki, and published her first collection of poems, ''Lasimaalaus'' in age of 22. It was a success among critics and read ...
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Väinö Merivirta Väinö Johannes Merivirta (16 July 1892 – 20 November 1937; original surname ''Sjöström'') was a Finnish lawyer and politician, born in Pori. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unica ...
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Timo K. Mukka Timo Kustaa Mukka (17 December 1944 – 27 March 1973) was a Finnish author who wrote about the lives of people in Lapland. Early life Timo Mukka was born in Bollnäs in Sweden where his family had been evacuated to during the Lapland War. He sp ...


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August Nordenskiöld August Nordenskiöld or Nordenskjöld (6 February 1754 in Sipoo, Finland – 10 December 1792 in Sierra Leone, Africa) was a Finnish-Swedish alchemist and Swedenborgian critic of slavery. Nordenskiöld was the son of and Märta Nordenskiöl ...
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Gustaf von Numers Gustaf von Numers (31 July 1912 – 21 May 1978) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish civil servant and leading heraldic artist. Life Gustaf von Numers studied heraldry in the 1930s under Arvid Berghman and was considered one of the leading Fin ...
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M. A. Numminen Mauri Antero Numminen (born 12 March 1940 in Somero, Southwest Finland) is a Finnish artist who has worked in several different fields of music and culture. Biography In the 1960s, Numminen was known particularly as an avantgarde, underground ...
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Carita Nyström Fanny Carita Kristina Nyström (1940–2019) was a Finland-Swedish writer, poet, journalist and feminist. In the 1970s, she gained a reputation as a women's rights activist after publishing her book ''Denna värld är vår! Handbok i systerskap'' ...


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Hagar Olsson Alli Hagar Olsson (16 September 1893 – 21 February 1978) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, literary critic, playwright and translator. Olsson was born in Kustavi. In 1922 she edited an avant-garde literary magazine, ''Ultra''. She als ...
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Erno Paasilinna Erno Paasilinna (14 March 1935, in Petsamo – 30 September 2000, in Tampere) was a Finnish writer and journalist. He received several literary prizes, the most notable being the Finlandia Prize in 1984 for his collection of essays ''Yksinäisyys ...
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Reino Paasilinna Reino Paasilinna (5 December 1939 – 21 July 2022) was a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which is part of the Party of European Socialdem ...
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Kalle Päätalo Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (11 November 1919 – 20 November 2000) was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. His ''Iijoki'' series, comprising 26 novels, is one of the longest autobiographical works ever ...
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Kai Pahlman Kai Pahlman (8 July 1935 – 8 March 2013) was a Finnish association football forward and coach. Between 1954 and 1968 he capped 56 times for the Finland national football team, scoring 13 goals. At club level Pahlman played for HPS, HJK and Re ...
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Pietari Päivärinta Pietari Päivärinta (18 September 1827 in Ylivieska – 26 July 1913) was a Finnish writer and Diet member. His depictions of peasant life, quickly translated and published in Germany and Scandinavia, are among the first examples of modern F ...
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Heikki Palmu Heikki Palmu (born in 1946) is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer ...
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Kirsti Paltto Kirste (Kirsti) Paltto (born 11 February 1947) is a Sámi The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern part ...
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Eila Pennanen Säde Eila Talvikki Pennanen (8 February 1916, in Tampere – 23 January 1994, in Tampere) was a Finnish writer, critic, essayist, and translator. A key contributor to nurturing Finnish literature, she published approximately twenty novels and a ...
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Arvi Pohjanpää Sulo Arvi Pohjanpää (10 July 1887 – 21 December 1959) was a Finnish Olympic gymnast, judge and writer. Gymnastics He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909. Law He took ...
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Mike Pohjola Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978) is a Finnish poet, playwright, author, and roleplaying game designer. He is the author of ''Myrskyn aika'', ''Star Wreck Roleplaying Game'', ''Tähti'', ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'', ''Ihmisen poika'', and '' ...
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Ursula Pohjolan-Pirhonen Ursula Kerttu Margareta Pohjolan-Pirhonen (6 April 1925 Helsinki – 17 July 1984 Sulkava) was a Finnish author of mainly romantic historical novels. She is considered one of the founders of historical entertainment in Finnish literature, alongs ...
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Mirjam Polkunen Maire Mirjam Polkunen (2 March 1926 – 22 June 2012) was a Finnish writer, literature researcher, translator and dramatist. Among other awards, she won the Eino Leino Prize in 1969. Her Finnish rendering of ''Zeno's Conscience ''Zeno's Consci ...
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Kira Poutanen Kira Poutanen (born 1974) is a Finnish writer, translator and actress. She holds a Master of Philosophy and is currently living in France. In 2001, Poutanen released her first novel, ''Ihana meri'', which was awarded the Finlandia Junior Prize. ...
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Erkki Räikkönen Erkki Aleksanteri Räikkönen (13 August 1900 – 30 March 1961) was a Finnish nationalist leader. Born in St. Petersburg to a cantor, he attended the University of Helsinki before taking part in the ill-fated mission to secure independence for Ka ...
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Mirkka Rekola Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 – 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere who published poems, aphorisms, essays. Her poetry was considered ‘difficult’, thus she gained wide audience as late as in the 1990s. Rekola's production ...
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Gustaf Renvall Gustaf Renvall (23 September 1781 – 22 January 1841) was a Finnish clergyman, educator and philologist. Gustaf Renvall was born in Halikko, Finland. He became a student at the Royal Academy of Turku (now University of Helsinki) in 1801 and rece ...
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Mikko Rimminen Mikko Rimminen (born 1975) is a Finnish novelist and poet. He won the Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate re ...
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Fredrika Runeberg Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg (née Tengström; 2 September 1807, Jakobstad – 27 May 1879, Helsinki) was a Finnish (Finland-Swedish) novelist, journalist and the wife of Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg. She was a pioneer of Finnish ...
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (; 5 February 1804 – 6 May 1877) was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to (''Our Land'', ''Maamme'' in Fin ...
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Laura Ruohonen Laura Ruohonen (born October 9, 1960, in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish playwright and theatre director. She works also as Professor of Dramaturgy in Theatre Academy of Finland. Some works *Olga (1995, Finnish National Theatre) *The Greatest of ...
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Juha Ruusuvuori Juha Ensio Ruusuvuori (born 16 July 1957) is a Finnish freelance writer. He was born in Oulu, and graduated to Master of Arts from the university of Tampere in 1987. He has worked as photographer in the news paper Kaleva (news paper), Kaleva, edi ...
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Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg Karin Aino Mirjami (Kaisu-Mirjami) Rydberg (April 27, 1905 in Mäntsälä – August 31, 1959 in Helsinki) was a Finnish journalist, writer and politician. Politically she began her career in the Social Democratic Party, but later joined the C ...


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Pentti Saarikoski Pentti Saarikoski ( Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 â€“ Joensuu August 24, 1983) was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s. His body of work comprises poetry and ...
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Asko Sahlberg Asko Tapio Sahlberg (born 30 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist. Since the publication of his debut novel in 2000, he has written several more novels, including ''The Brothers'' (2010), an English translation of which has been released by Peire ...
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Pirkko Saisio Pirkko Helena Saisio (born 16 April 1949) is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also written under the pen names Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays ...
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Hannu Salama Hannu Sulo Salama (born 4 October 1936) is a Finnish author. Biography and work Hannu Salama was born in Kouvola, Kymenlaakso region in Southern Finland. He spent his childhood in the Pispala district of the city of Tampere, in a traditional ...
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Martta Salmela-Järvinen Martta Helena Salmela-Järvinen (born ''Hellstedt'', 31 March 1892, Kylmäkoski - 16 September 1987) was a Finnish politician and writer. At first she was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finl ...
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Arto Salminen Arto Salminen (22 October 1959 – 15 November 2005) was a Finnish writer known for his social commentary. Salminen, who was born in Helsinki, had also worked as a journalist and taxi driver; he wrote six novels which criticised with a morbid b ...
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Arvo Salo Arvo Jaakko Henrikki Salo (2 May 1932 – 9 July 2011) was a Finnish writer, journalist and politician. He served as an MP from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 1983 (Social Democratic Party) and was Minister of Education and Culture from 1982 to 19 ...
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Kyösti Salokorpi Kyösti Salokorpi (born 5 November 1976) is a Finnish songwriter and musician. He owns the production company ''Le Sound Royal''. Salokorpi has written and produced songs for various Finnish artist such as Jenni Vartiainen, Kristiina Wheeler, Kr ...
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Pentti Sammallahti Pentti Sammallahti (born 1950 in Helsinki) is a Finnish photographer. He is the only brother of Finnish linguist Pekka Sammallahti Pekka Lars Kalervo Sammallahti ( smn, Sevtil-Piäkká, May 21, 1947 in Helsinki) is a professor of Sami languages ...
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Roman Schatz Roman Schatz (born 21 August 1960 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a German-born Finnish journalist and author. He has written more than two dozen books, many of which have also been published in Germany. His first book was ca ...
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Frans Emil Sillanpää Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is '' Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplo ...
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Kirsti Simonsuuri Kirsti Katariina Simonsuuri (26 December 1945, Helsinki – 29 June 2019, HelsinkiKirjailija Kirsti Simonsuuri on ...
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Johanna Sinisalo Aila Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the leve ...
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Yrjö Sirola Yrjö Elias Sirola (born Yrjö Elias Sirén; 8 November 1876 – 18 March 1936) was a Finnish socialist politician, writer, teacher, and newspaper editor. He was prominent as an elected official in Finland, as minister of foreign affairs in the 1 ...
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Anja Snellman Anja Kyllikki Snellman-Orma (née Kauranen; born 23 May 1954, in Helsinki) is a Finnish novelist, poet, journalist, television commentator, and psychotherapist. Her books have been translated to 20 languages so far. She was awarded the Pro Finl ...
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J. V. Snellman Johan Vilhelm Snellman (; 12 May 1806 – 4 July 1881) was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finns, Finnish wikt:statesman, statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, along ...
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Yrjö Soini Yrjö Vilho Soini (17 July 1896 – 6 February 1975) was a Finnish journalist, novelist and playwright, who used the pen name Agapetus. His humorous works enjoyed wide popularity in Finland during the 20th century and several of them have been ad ...
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Lauri Soininen Lauri Soininen (1 April 1875 - 2 September 1919) was a Finnish journalist and poet. He was the son of Eerik Soininen and Brita Kaisa Similä. He made his debut in 1895 with the book ''Runopisareita''. Soininen wrote several detective novels under ...
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Katariina Souri Katariina Souri (born Minna Katariina "Kata" Kärkkäinen; 27 October 1968) is a Finnish author, artist, columnist and '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for December, 1988. She has been a writer after her brief Playboy career. On January 25, ...
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Pajtim Statovci Pajtim Statovci (born 1990) is a Finnish novelist. His debut novel, ''Kissani Jugoslavia'', was published in 2014, winning the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel in Finnish for that year, and was published in 2017 as ''My Cat ...
* Eira Stenberg *
Nils-Börje Stormbom Nils-Börje Stormbom (26 September 1925 in Vaasa – 26 November 2016 Vaasa) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis o ...
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Alpo Suhonen Alpo Suhonen (born 17 June 1948) is a Finnish former ice hockey coach. He and Ivan Hlinka of the Pittsburgh Penguins were the first European-born NHL head coaches in 52 years. Coaching career Suhonen worked for the Finnish ice hockey federati ...
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Maila Talvio Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (October 17, 1871, Hartola – January 6, 1951, Helsinki), was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and o ...
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Jari Tervo Jari Tervo (born 2 February 1959) is a Finnish author. He is a major name in current Finnish literature. He writes traditional plot-driven prose, ranging from humorous (''Poliisin poika'') to a detective story (''Myyrä''). His works often incl ...
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Ilpo Tiihonen Ilpo Tiihonen (1 September 1950 – 8 June 2021) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1991.Eeva Tikka Eeva Tikka (born 31 July 1939 in Ristiina) is a Finnish writer who wrote ''Hiljainen kesä'', which received the 1980 Thanks for the Book Award The Thanks for the Book Award, (''Kiitos kirjasta -mitali'' in Finnish and ''Tack för boken-medaljen ...
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Henrik Tikkanen Georg Henrik Tikkanen (9 September 1924, Helsinki – 19 May 1984, Espoo) was a Finland-Swedish author, known primarily for anti-war literature. Several of his works are either autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. Though Finnish, he publi ...
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Märta Tikkanen Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Biography Born in Helsinki, she has worked as a reporter for ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki, Master of A ...
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Jarkko Tontti Jarkko Olavi Tontti (born 9 December 1971) is a Finnish novelist, poet, essayist and lawyer. He is former member of PEN International PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in ...
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Sirkka Turkka Sirkka Turkka (2 February 1939 – 23 October 2021) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Finlandia Prize in 1987 and the Eino Leino Prize in 2000. Works *''Huone avaruudessa'' (1973) *''Valaan vatsassa'' (1975) *''Minä se olen'' (1976) *' ...
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Heikki Turunen Heikki Anton Turunen (born 9 December 1945) is a Finnish author who lives in Joensuu. He was born in Pielisjärvi, North Karelia, and grew up with his six sisters in a farming family. In 1964 he got a job as a journalist at ''Karjalan Maa'' new ...
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Antti Tuuri Antti Elias Tuuri (born 1 October 1944, Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia) is a Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia. The ''Äitini-suku''-series tells the stories of the Finns who emigrated to the United States. ...
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Algot Untola Algot Untola (28 November 1868 – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish writer and journalist. Untola was born in Tohmajärvi, to the ''Tietäväinen'' family, and his real name was ''Algoth'', but he changed the name to ''Algot Untola''. Untola had many ...
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Kaari Utrio Kaari Marjatta Utrio (born 28 July 1942, official surname Utrio-Linnilä, formerly Virkajärvi) is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree ...
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Meri Utrio Meri Marjatta Utrio (née Vitikainen; 23 March 1919 – 14 December 2004) was a Finnish editor and translator to Finnish. She was married with Urho Untamo Utrio, who was the chief executive officer of the publishing company Tammi and has three ...


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Hannu Väisänen Hannu Pekka Antero Väisänen (born 2 October 1951) is a graphic artist, painter and writer from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares la ...
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Kosti Vehanen Kosti Vehanen (31 August 188713 March 1957) was a Finnish pianist and composer. As a pianist he performed in more than 3,000 concerts on four continents. While he did perform as a concert soloist with major symphony orchestras and performed in ...
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Lauri Viita Lauri Arvi Viita (17 December 1916 – 22 December 1965) was a poet hailing from the Pispala district of Tampere, Finland. Viita was a verbally talented son of a carpenter who became a self-taught writer. He only published four poetry collections, ...
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Tapio Vilpponen Tapio Vilpponen (31 May 1913 − 31 August 1994) was a Finnish screenwriter, set designer, costume designer, painter, graphic artist, interior designer, sculptor, copywriter, journalist, cartoonist and columnist. He also starred in a few films. Vil ...
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Juha Vuorinen Juha Tapio Vuorinen (born 31 March 1967) is a Finnish writer, columnist and radio personality. He is best known for his five-volume book series ''The Hangover Diaries'', particularly the first volume ''Totally Smashed!'' (in Finnish ''Juoppohullun ...


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Sara Wacklin Sara Elizabeth Wacklin (26 May 1790 – 28 January 1846) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish educator and writer. She was a pioneer in educating girls, and can be regarded as the first female university graduate in Finland. She can also be regarded ...
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Thomas Warburton Thomas Warburton may refer to: * Thomas Warburton (businessman) (1837–1909), English businessman * Thomas Warburton (writer) (1918–2016), Finnish writer and translator *Thomas Warburton better known as Mr. Warburton Thomas Edward "Tom" Warbu ...
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Kjell Westö Kjell Westö (born 6 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish. Best known for his epic novels set in Helsinki, he has also written short stories, poetry, essays and newspaper columns. Biogr ...
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Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen Baron Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (birth name Georg Zakarias Forsman, author name Yrjö Koskinen; 10 December 1830 in Vaasa – 13 November 1903 in Helsinki) was a friherre, senator, professor, historian, politician and the chairman of the Finnis ...


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Konni Zilliacus Konni Zilliacus (13 September 1894 â€“ 6 July 1967) was the Member of Parliament for Gateshead from 1945 until 1950, and for Manchester Gorton from 1955 until his death. He was a left-wing Labour Party politician. Zilliacus spoke nine lan ...


See also

* List of Finnish women writers


Bibliography

* {{Lists of writers by nationality
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