List of Finnish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Finland or whose writings are closely associated with the country.

A

 * Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009), author, journalist, politician
 * Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-born novelist, journalist
 * Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), novelist, author of Svinalängorna, filmed as Beyond
 * Outi Alanne (born 1967), novelist using the pen name NeitiNaru
 * Marianne Alopaeus (1918–2014), novelist, published in Swedish
 * Tuuve Aro (born 1973), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, several English translations
 * Isa Asp (1853–1872), poet

B

 * Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975), novelist, poet, playwright, children's story writer, wrote in both Swedish and Finnish
 * Christina Regina von Birchenbaum, Finland's earliest female poet writing her autobiographical Een Annor Ny wijsa in 1651
 * Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990), Swedish-language novelist, several autobiographical works

C

 * Minna Canth (1844–1897), important figure in Finnish literature, playwright, novelist, short story writer, addressed women's rights
 * Kristina Carlson (born 1949), novelist, poet, journalist
 * Fredrika Wilhelmina Carstens (1808–1888), writer, the author of the first novel published in Finland
 * Inga-Brita Castrén (1919–2003), theologian

E

 * Anna Edelheim (1845–1902), journalist
 * Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (1826–1905), novelist, poet, short story writer, feminist
 * Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio (1901–1951), folklorist and educator

F

 * Tua Forsström (born 1947), Swedish-language poet, translated into English
 * Maikki Friberg (1861–1927), educator, writer, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist

G

 * Kaarina Goldberg (born 1956), children's writer, also comic strips

H

 * Hilja Haapala, pen name of Hilja Dagmar Janhonen (1877–1958), novelist
 * Lucina Hagman (1853–1946), feminist, biographer
 * Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm (born 1971), forensic psychologist
 * Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998), prolific novelist, short story writer, poet
 * Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (born 1958), best-selling novelist, translator, non-fiction writer, educator
 * Anne Hänninen (born 1958), poet, essayist
 * Anna-Leena Härkönen (born 1965), novelist, actress, works adapted for the theatre and television
 * Saima Harmaja (1913–1937), poet, known for her tragic life and early death
 * Satu Hassi (born 1951), politician, environmentalist, novelist, poet, essayist
 * Pirjo Hassinen (born 1957), novelist, works translated into several languages
 * Anna-Liisa Hirviluoto (1929–2000), archaeologist, non-fiction writer
 * Laila Hirvisaari, also Laila Hietamies (1938–2021), best-selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
 * Elina Hirvonen (born 1975), novelist, journalist, author of Että hän muistaisi saman, translated as When I Forgot
 * Sofia Hjärne (1780–1860), early Swedish-language novelist, held literary salons
 * Johanna Holmström (born 1981), short story writer, novelist, writes in Swedish

I

 * Lempi Ikävalko (1901–1994), poet, journalist, latterly in the United States

J

 * Tove Jansson (1914–2001), versatile Swedish-language novelist, comic strip writer, children's writer, painter
 * Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004), productive novelist, educator
 * Maria Jotuni (1880–1943), novelist, playwright, short-story writer

K

 * Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964), novelist, author of the Kuopio series of historical novels
 * Elina Kahla (born 1960), philologist, essayist, non-fiction writer
 * Hilda Käkikoski (1864–1912), politician, children's writer, historian
 * Aino Kallas (1878–1956), novelist, short story writer, revered contributor to Finnish literature, some works translated into English
 * Tuula Kallioniemi (born 1951), prolific writer of novels and short stories for children and young adults
 * Irma Karvikko (1909–1994), journalist, politician
 * Eeva Kilpi (born 1928), novelist, poet, known for feminist humour, poetry translated into English
 * Ella Kivikoski (1901–1990), archaeologist, non-fiction writer
 * Leena Krohn (born 1947), novelist, works translated into several languages including English
 * Kirsi Kunnas (1924–2021), poet, children's writer, playwright, translator, some works translated into English

L

 * Sinikka Laine (born 1945), novelist, short story writer, writer of young adult fiction
 * Leena Lander (born 1955), successful novelist, works translated into several languages including English
 * Tuija Lehtinen (born 1954), journalist, novelist, works translated into several languages
 * Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), widely translated crime fiction writer
 * Anne Leinonen (born 1973), novelist, science fiction and fantasy
 * Rosa Liksom (born 1958), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, artist
 * Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936), writer of picture books and novels for children as well as books for adults and poetry
 * Minna Lindgren (born 1963), journalist, since 2013 a successful crime-fiction novelist
 * Marita Lindquist (1918–2016), children's writer, novelist, songwriter, poet
 * Fredrika Lovisa Lindqvist (1786–1841), writer
 * Katri Lipson (born 1965), novelist
 * Kiba Lumberg (born 1956), novelist, screenwriter for television
 * Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 1947), Swedish-language writer, non-fiction, travel, often autobiographical novels

M

 * Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), modernist poet, playwright, translator, poems translated into English
 * Marja-Leena Mikkola (born 1939), novelist, short story writer, poet, songwriter, satirist, translator
 * Barbara Catharina Mjödh (1738–1776), poet
 * Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
 * Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (1724–1787), poet, wrote in German and Latvian

N

 * Mikaela Nyman (born 1966), novelist, poet, journalist and editor published in Swedish and English
 * Carita Nyström (1940–2019), Swedish-speaking writer and feminist

O

 * Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), best-selling novelist, playwright, internationally recognized through her play Puhdistus, translated as Purge
 * Hagar Olsson (1893–1978), expressionist novelist, playwright, critic, translator

P

 * Kirsti Paltto (born 1947), Sámi author, children's writer, poet, short story writer, playwright, works translated into several languages
 * Eila Pennanen (1916–1994), novelist, critic, translator
 * Kira Poutanen (born 1974), novelist, translator, actress
 * Helvi Poutasuo (1943–2017), Finnish Sami teacher, translator and newspaper editor
 * Riikka Pulkkinen (born 1980), widely translated, novelist, columnist

R

 * Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), poet, songwriter
 * Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014), highly acclaimed poet, writer of aphorisms
 * Susanne Ringell (born 1955), short story writer
 * Hanna Rönnberg (1862–1946), painter and writer
 * Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879), novelist, pioneer of Finnish historical fiction, wife of national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
 * Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg (1905–1959), journalist, newspaper editor, poet, non-fiction writer, politician

S

 * Pirkko Saisio (born 1949), prolific versatile writer, playwright, novelist, screenwriter
 * Sally Salminen (1906–1976), Swedish-language novelist, author of Katrina
 * Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996), Swedish-language poet, novelist, dramatist
 * Raija Siekkinen (1953–2004), short story writer, novelist, children's writer
 * Maria Simointytär, first Finnish-language poet, published Orpolapsen vaikerrus in 1683
 * Salla Simukka (born 1981), successful young adults author, name a name with The Snow White Trilogy
 * Helena Sinervo (born 1961), poet, poetry translator, novelist, songwriter
 * Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958), science-fiction writer, author of Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi translated as Not Before Sundown
 * Anja Snellman (born 1954), widely translated novelist, poet, journalist, her Pet Shop Girls appeared in English in 2013
 * Edith Södergran (1892–1923), widely acclaimed Swedish-language modernist poet, translated into English
 * Katariina Souri (born 1968), novelist
 * Eira Stenberg (born 1943), poet, children's writer, novelist
 * Anni Swan (1875–1958), children's writer for girls, journalist and translator
 * Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (1744–1813), Swedish-language poet, playwright, remembered for her pioneering play Dianas fest

T

 * Maila Talvio (1871–1951), playwright, short story writer, novelist
 * Eeva Tikka (born 1939), novelist
 * Märta Tikkanen (born 1935), Swedish-language novelist, journalist, author of Manrape
 * Aale Tynni (1913–1997), poet, translator, editor

U

 * Kaari Utrio (born 1942), historical novelist, historian
 * Arja Uusitalo (born 1951), poet, journalist

V

 * Katri Vala (1901–1944), poet, critic, attacked war and Fascism
 * Anja Vammelvuo (1921–1988), poet and writer
 * Marja-Liisa Vartio (1924–1966), poet and prose writer
 * Monica Vikström-Jokela (born 1960), children's writer, television script writer
 * Kerttu Vuolab (born 1951), Sami-language novelist, songwriter, translator

W

 * Sara Wacklin (1790–1846), Swedish-language writer, author of the successful novel Hundrade minnen från Österbotten (A Hundred Memories of Ostrobothnia)
 * Helena Westermarck (1857–1938), artist, Swedish-language women's historian, biographer, novelist
 * Sara Wesslin (born 1991), Finnish Sami journalist, supporter of the Skolt Sami language
 * Hella Wuolijoki (1886–1954), Estonian-born Finnish-language novelist, politician, used the pen name Juhani Tervapää