List of Swedish-speaking Finns

This is a list of Swedish-speaking Finns.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are a Swedish-speaking Finn or must have references showing they are a Swedish-speaking Finn and are notable.

Actors, directors & filmmakers

 * Ida Aalberg – actor (1857–1915)
 * Irina Björklund – actor and singer (1973– )
 * Jörn Donner – writer, film director, actor, producer, politician, and founder of Finnish Film Archive (1933–2020)
 * Stina Ekblad – actor (1954– )
 * Klaus Härö – filmmaker (1971– )
 * Nicke Lignell – actor, voice actor, and television host (1966– )
 * Åke Lindman – director and actor (1928–2009)
 * Lasse Pöysti – actor, director, theatre manager, and writer (1927–2019)
 * Birgitta Ulfsson – actor and theatre director (1928–2017)
 * Casper Wrede – theatre and film director (1929–1998)

Architects

 * Kristian Gullichsen (1932–2021)
 * Anton Werner Lignell (1867–1954)
 * Viljo Revell (1910–1964)
 * Lars Sonck (1870–1956)

Artists and designers

 * Erik Bruun – graphic designer (1926– )
 * Fanny Churberg – painter (1845–1892)
 * Albert Edelfelt – painter (1854–1905)
 * Magnus Enckell – painter (1870–1925)
 * Kaj Franck – industrial designer, artistic director, and instructor of applied arts (1911–1989)
 * Akseli Gallen-Kallela – painter (1865–1931)
 * Jorma Gallen-Kallela – painter (1898–1939)
 * Eero Järnefelt – painter (1863–1937)
 * Rudolf Koivu – illustrator (1890–1946)
 * Stefan Lindfors – industrial designer, interior designer, film-maker, and sculptor (1962– )
 * Helene Schjerfbeck – painter (1862–1946)
 * Hugo Simberg – painter (1873–1917)
 * Kaj Stenvall – painter (1951– )
 * Beda Stjernschantz – painter (1867–1910)

Businesspeople

 * Antti Ahlström – industrialist, founder of Ahlstrom (1827–1896)
 * Kaj Arnö – CEO of the MariaDB Foundation (1963– )
 * Karl Fazer – founder of confectionery manufacturer Fazer and Olympic sport-shooter (1866–1932)
 * Rabbe Grönblom – founder of Kotipizza, RG Line, Omenahotelli (1950–2015)
 * Hjallis Harkimo – chairman of the board of Jokerit (1953– )
 * Fredrik Idestam – industrialist, founder of Nokia (1838–1916)
 * Mikael Lilius – ex-CEO of Fortum (1948– )
 * Mårten Mickos – ex-CEO of MySQL AB, currently CEO at HackerOne (1962– )
 * Georg Franz Stockmann – founder of the Stockmann department store (1825–1906)
 * Björn Wahlroos – Chairman of the Board in Sampo plc, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (1952– )

Opera

 * Monica Groop – mezzo-soprano (1958– )

Classical

 * Paavo Berglund – conductor and violinist (1929–2012)
 * Erik Bergman – composer (1911–2006)
 * Bernhard Crusell – clarinetist, composer, and translator (1775–1838)
 * Mikko Franck – conductor and violinist (1978– )
 * Ralf Gothoni – pianist and conductor (1946– )
 * Tom Krause – opera singer and vocal pedagogue (1934–2013)
 * Magnus Lindberg – composer and pianist (1958– )
 * Linda Lampenius (stage name Linda Brava) – concert violinist; also known for work as a model, actress, member of the Helsinki City Council, and Sports 2000 rally driver (1970– )
 * Ossi Runne – trumpeter, orchestra leader, composer, and record producer (1927–2020)
 * Leif Segerstam – conductor, composer, violinist, violist, and pianist (1944– )
 * Jean Sibelius – composer (1865–1957)
 * John Storgårds – violinist and conductor (1963– )
 * Martin Wegelius – composer and musicologist (1846–1906)

Various genres

 * Ami Aspelund – singer (1953– )
 * Monica Aspelund – singer (1946– )
 * Henrik Otto Donner – composer, musician, trumpeter, record producer, and music personality (1939–2013)
 * Axel Ehnström (stage name Paradise Oskar) – singer-songwriter (1990– )
 * Janina Fry Frostell – pop singer, model, and television host (1973– )
 * Ben Granfelt – guitarist; best known for work with the Ben Granfelt Band, Leningrad Cowboys, and Wishbone Ash (1963– )
 * Kim Herold – singer-songwriter (1979– )
 * Jan "Katla" Jämsen – co-founder, songwriter, and former singer of folk metal band Finntroll (c. 1980s– )
 * Pernilla Karlsson – singer (1990– )
 * Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – metal vocalist and bassist; best known for work with Finntroll (1982– )
 * André Linman – songwriter, rock singer and guitarist; best known for work with Sturm Und Drang (1992– )
 * Georg Malmstén – singer, musician, composer, and conductor (1902–1981)
 * Patrik Mennander – metal and rock singer; best known for work with Ruoska, Battlelore, and Natsipaska (1976– )
 * Kristian Meurman – singer (1979– )
 * Nasty Suicide (born Jan-Markus Stenfors) – guitarist, bass guitarist, and singer; best known for work with glam rock band Hanoi Rocks (1963– )
 * Mathias "Warlord" Nygård – co-founder and lead vocalist of metal band Turisas (1982– )
 * Krista Siegfrids – pop singer (1985– )
 * Gösta Sundqvist – lead singer, composer, and lyricist of Leevi and the Leavings and a radio-personality (1957–2003)
 * Jenny Wilhelms – composer and musician focused on Nordic vocal and fiddling traditions; lead singer of folk and world music band Gjallarhorn (1974– )

Politicians



 * Claes Andersson – member of parliament, 1987 to 1999 and 2007 to 2008, and Minister of Culture, 1995 to 1999 (1937–2019)
 * Li Andersson – member of parliament since 2015; leader of the Left Alliance since 2016; and Minister of Education since 2019 (1987– )
 * Jan-Erik Enestam – member of parliament, 1991 to 2007; Minister of the Interior, 1995 to 1999; Minister of Defense, 1995 and 1999 to 2003; Minister of the Environment, 2003 to 2006 (1947– )
 * Axel Olof Freudenthal – philologist and academic, considered by the Swedish People's Party to be their spiritual father (1836–1911)
 * Karl-August Fagerholm – three-time Prime Minister of Finland during the late-1940s and 1950s (1901–1984)
 * Carl Haglund – member of the European Parliament, 2009 to 2012; Minister of Defence, 2012 to 2015; leader of the Swedish People's Party, 2012 to 2016; and member of parliament, 2015 to 2016 (1979– )
 * Anna-Maja Henriksson – member of parliament since 2007; Minister of Justice, 2011–2015 and since 2019; and leader of the Swedish People's Party since 2016 (1964– )
 * Tony Halme – member of parliament, 2003 to 2007; MMA fighter, boxer, sports entertainer and professional wrestler (1963–2010)
 * Bjarne Kallis – member of parliament, 1991 to 2011, and chairman of the Christian Democratic Party, 1995 to 2004 (1945– )
 * Henrik Lax – member of parliament, 1987 to 2004, and member of the European Parliament, 2004 to 2009 (1946– )
 * Axel Lille – member of the Diet of Finland, 1885 to 1900; principal founder of the Swedish People's Party in 1906; member of parliament, 1916 to 1917; journalist and editor (1848–1921)
 * Gustaf Mannerheim – Regent of Finland, 1918 to 1919; commander-in-chief, 1939 to 1945; and President of Finland, 1944 to 1946 (1867–1951)
 * Elisabeth Rehn – member of parliament, 1979 to 1995; leader of the Swedish People's Party, 1987 to 1990; Minister of Defense, 1990 to 1995; member of the European Parliament, 1995 to 1996; and diplomat to the United Nations (1935– )
 * Johan Vilhelm Snellman – member of the Senate of Finland, Fennoman philosopher, author, and journalist (1806–1881)
 * Alexander Stubb – member of European Parliament, 2004 to 2008; member of parliament, 2011 to 2017; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2008 to 2011; Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, 2011 to 2014; leader of the National Coalition Party, 2014 to 2016; Minister of Finance, 2015 to 2016; 43rd Prime Minister of Finland, 2014 to 2015; and 13th President of Finland, since 2024 (1968– )
 * Ulf Sundqvist – member of parliament, 1970 to 1983; Minister of Education, 1972 to 1975; Minister of Trade and Industry, 1979 to 1981; head of the National Workers' Savings Bank, 1982 to 1991; and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, 1991 to 1993 (1945– )
 * Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – member of the Diet of Finland, 1894 and 1899 to 1906; member of parliament, 1907 to 1908, 1908 to 1914, 1917, and 1930 to 1931; chairman of the Senate of Finland, 1917 to 1918; Regent of Finland in 1918; Prime Minister of Finland, 1930 to 1931; and the 3rd President of Finland, 1931–1937 (1861–1944)
 * Carl Olof Tallgren – member of parliament, 1961 to 1975; Minister of Finance, 1970 to 1971; and chairman of the Swedish People's Party, 1974 to 1977 (1927– )
 * Stefan Wallin – member of parliament, 2007 to 2019; Minister of the Environment in 2007; Minister of Culture and Sport, 2007 to 2011; and Minister of Defence, 2011 to 2012 (1967– )
 * Theodor Wegelius – member of the Senate of Finland (1850–1932)

Scientists and technologists

 * Lars Valerian Ahlfors – mathematician and Fields Medalist in 1936; known for work in the fields of Riemann surfaces and complex analysis (1907–1996)
 * Erik Allardt – sociologist, professor, and chancellor of the Åbo Akademi University (1925–2020)
 * Fredrik Elfving – botanist, plant physiologist, and university administrator (1854–1942)
 * Gustav Elfving – mathematician and statistician; known for pioneering work in the optimal design of experiments (1908–1984)
 * Kari Enqvist – physicist and professor of cosmology (1954– )
 * Axel Olof Freudenthal – philologist and academic, considered by the Swedish People's Party to be their spiritual father (1836–1911)
 * Johan Gadolin – chemist, physicist, and mineralogist; best known for his description of the first rare-earth element, yttrium (1760–1852)
 * Ragnar Granit – physiologist and professor of neurophysiology; joint Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 (1900–1991)
 * Hilma Granqvist – anthropologist; best known for long field studies of Palestinians (1890–1972)
 * Pehr Kalm – botanist, naturalist, explorer, and agricultural economist (1716–1779)
 * Rafael Karsten – social anthropologist and philosopher of religion; best known for work among indigenous peoples of South America (1879–1956)
 * Anders Johan Lexell – astronomer, mathematician, and physicist; best known for work in the fields of celestial mechanics and polygonometry, particularly spherical trigonometry (1740–1784)
 * Ernst Lindelöf – mathematician; best known for work in the fields of function theory and topology (1870–1946)
 * Lorenz Lindelöf – mathematician, astronomer, and researcher of variational calculus; Minister of State Education, 1874–1902 (1827–1908)
 * Hjalmar Mellin – mathematician; best known for work in the field of function theory and as developer of the integral transform known as the Mellin transform (1854–1933)
 * Pekka Myrberg – mathematician and university administrator; best known for work in the field of function theory, particularly iteration and period-doubling bifurcation (1892–1976)
 * Edvard Neovius – mathematician known for his work in the field of minimal surface; member of the Senate of Finland (1851–1917)
 * Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld – mineralogist and traveler; best known as discoverer of alexandrite and several other minerals (1792–1866)
 * Linus Torvalds – creator of Linux kernel (1969– )
 * Michael Widenius – main developer of MySQL (1962– )
 * Erik Adolf von Willebrand – physician; best known for his work in the field of hematology (1870–1949)
 * Edvard Westermarck – sociologist and philosopher; known as "the first sociobiologist," he is best remembered for his work in the field of marriage (1862–1939)
 * Georg Henrik von Wright – logician and philosopher; best known for work in the fields of analytic philosophy and philosophical logic and, later, morality and philosophical pessimism (1916–2003)

Soldiers

 * Adolf Ehrnrooth – general (1905–2004)
 * Johan Casimir Ehrnrooth – lieutenant-general, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1833–1913)
 * Oskar Ferdinand Gripenberg – general of the infantry (1838–1916)
 * Carl Gustaf Casimir Gripenberg – rear-admiral (1836–1908)
 * Oskar Ludvig Starck – vice-admiral (1846–1928)
 * Oskar Wilhelm Enqvist – vice-admiral (1849–1912)
 * Theodor Kristian Avellan – admiral, Minister of the Navy (1839–1916)
 * Birger Ek – pilot and Mannerheim Cross Knight
 * Axel Heinrichs – general (1890–1965)
 * Gustav Hägglund, general (1938–)
 * Jan Klenberg, admiral (1931–2020)
 * Ruben Lagus – major general (1896–1956)
 * Gustaf Erik Magnusson – father of Finnish fighter tactics
 * Gustaf Mannerheim – marshal of Finland, president of Finland 1944–1946 (1867–1951)
 * Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general (1892–1978)
 * Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general (1891–1971)
 * Hugo Österman – lieutenant general (1892–1975)
 * Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general (1740–1819)
 * Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites (1594–1644)
 * Kurt Martti Wallenius – lieutenant general (1893–1984)
 * Hans Wind – pilot, twice awarded the Mannerheim Cross

Sportspeople

 * Mikael Almén – football player (2000– )
 * Niklas Bäckström – ice hockey player (1978– )
 * Sean Bergenheim – ice hockey player (1984– )
 * Lucas Bergström - football player (2002- )
 * Peter Enckelman – football player (1977– )
 * Adelina Engman – football player (1994– )
 * Alexei Eremenko – football player (1983– )
 * Roman Eremenko – football player (1987– )
 * Sergei Eremenko – football player (1999– )
 * Marcus Forss – football player (1999– )
 * Mikael Forssell – football player (1981– )
 * Albin Granlund – football player (1989– )
 * Marcus Grönholm – rally driver (1968– )
 * Daniel Håkans - football player (2000- )
 * Tony Halme (stage names Ludvig Borga, Viikinki) – MMA fighter, heavyweight boxer, sports entertainer and professional wrestler, and member of parliament (1963–2010)
 * Kasper Hämäläinen – football player (1986– )
 * Robert Helenius – boxer (1984– )
 * Janne Holmén – marathon runner (1977– )
 * Mikaela Ingberg – javelin thrower (1974– )
 * Fredrik Jensen - football player (1997– )
 * Richard Jensen - football player (1996- )
 * Thomas Johanson – sailor; Olympic gold medalist (1969– )
 * Jonatan Johansson – football player and coach (1975– )
 * Benjamin Källman – football player (1998– )
 * Kevin Lankinen - ice hockey player (1995- )
 * Lucas Lingman – football player (1998– )
 * Anton Lundell – ice hockey player (2001– )
 * Joel Mattsson – football player (1999– )
 * Matilda Nilsson – ice hockey player (1997– )
 * Fredrik Norrena – ice hockey player (1973– )
 * Oskar Osala – ice hockey player (1987– )
 * Noah Pallas - football player (2001- )
 * Mona-Lisa Pursiainen – sprinter (1951–2000)
 * Alexander Ring – football player (1991– )
 * Ronja Savolainen – ice hockey player; 2x Olympic bronze medalist (1997– )
 * Rasmus Schüller – football player (1991– )
 * Daniel Sjölund – football player (1983– )
 * Simon Skrabb – football player (1995– )
 * Toni Söderholm – ice hockey player (1978– )
 * Tim Sparv – football player (1987– )
 * Toni Ståhl – football player (1985– )
 * Peter Tallberg – sailor (1937–2015)
 * Eva Wahlström – boxer (1980– )
 * Oscar Wiklöf - football player (2003- )

Philosophers, theologians, and clergymen

 * Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg
 * Lauri Ingman
 * Björn Vikström
 * John Vikström
 * Georg Henrik von Wright – philosopher; best known for work in the fields of analytic philosophy and philosophical logic and, later, morality and pessimism (1916–2003)

Writers

 * Robert Alftan – author (1940–2022)
 * Gunnar Björling – modernist poet (1887–1960)
 * Bo Carpelan – poet and author (1926–2011)
 * Fredrika Wilhelmina Carstens – author (1808–1888)
 * Jörn Donner – author, journalist, critic, filmmaker, politician, and founder of Finnish Film Archive (1933–2020)
 * Olly Donner – author and anthroposopher (1881–1956)
 * Monika Fagerholm – novelist (1961– )
 * Tua Forsström – poet (1947– )
 * Boris Hurtta – science fiction writer (1945–2021)
 * Bengt Idestam-Almquist (9 September 1895 – 16 September 1983) journalist and the "father of Swedish film criticism"
 * Tove Jansson – author of the Moomin books (1914–2001)
 * Irmelin Sandman Lilius – author (1936– )
 * Fredrika Runeberg – journalist, novelist, and author of historical fiction (1807–1879)
 * Johan Ludvig Runeberg – lyric and epic poet, considered the national poet of Finland; Lutheran priest (1804–1877)
 * Johan Vilhelm Snellman – author, journalist, Fennoman philosopher, author, and member of the Senate of Finland (1806–1881)
 * Wava Stürmer – author and songwriter (1929– )
 * Edith Södergran – modernist poet (1892–1923)
 * Marton Taiga – pulp fiction author (1907–1969)
 * Henrik Tikkanen – author (1924–1984)
 * Märta Tikkanen – author and literary scholar (1935– )
 * Zacharias Topelius – author and historian (1818–1898)
 * Nikke Torvalds – journalist (1945– )
 * Ole Torvalds – journalist (1916–1995)
 * Solveig von Schoultz – poet and author (1907–1996)
 * Sara Wacklin – author and educator (1790–1846)
 * Kjell Westö – author and journalist (1961– )

Other notables

 * Ior Bock – mythologist and eccentric (1942–2010)
 * Sophie Mannerheim – nurse (1863–1928)


 * Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld – explorer (1832–1901)
 * Eugen Schauman – civilian who killed Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov (1875–1904)
 * Thomas Wallgren – activist, politician, philosopher
 * Folke West – traveller

Families

 * Ahlström family
 * Donner family