Writers from Helsinki

Finnish writer (born 1963)

Merja Kokkonen (born 19 May 1979), better known by her stage name Islaja, is a singer-songwriter and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Besides her solo career, she is a member of free improv and psychedelic folk bands Avarus, Kemialliset Ystävät, and the trio Hertta Lussu Ässä.

Finnish crime writer and journalist (1953–2023)

Finnish military officer, actor and film director (1897–1980)

Finnish writer

Finnish film director and screenwriter (1916–2002)

Finnish academic and writer (1914-1998)

Finnish politician and military officer

Finnish writer, translator and editor (1871–1967)

Finnish writer (1918-2016)

Finnish and Swedish writer and philosopher (1891–1980)

Finnish author (1917–2009)

Finnish author and painter (1867–1946)

Finnish politician and historian (1861-1928)

Finnish-Estonian journalist, writer and politician (born 1925)

Finnish screenwriter, translator and writer (1947-2011)

Finnish actor, director and screenwriter

Finnish translator

Finnish writer in Swedish

Finnish writer (1875–1934)

Finnish pianist (1846-1930)

Finnish journalist, writer, screenwriter and translator (1921–2013)

Finnish actress, film director and screenwriter (1921–2013)

Finnish writer

Finnish author (1937–1985)

Finnish author and literature academic

Finnish baron, historian and politician (1849–1919)

Finnish film director, producer and screenwriter

Finnish playmate and writer

Finnish politician and writer (1900–1962)

Finnish filmmaker

Finnish politician

Finland Swedish journalist, poet and writer (1952-2019)

Finnish sociologist and author (born 1951)

Finnish author (1912-1997)

Finnish historian and professor

Finland Swedish writer (1888-1925)

Finnish poet

Finnish poet, children's writer, translator in Estonia (born 1974)

Finnish professor of Media Studies

Finnish cook and writer, specialises in Helsinki slang

Finnish writer and translator

Finnish writer and philosopher (1942–2023)

Finnish writer

Finnish historian and civil servant

Finnish politician (1821–1895)

Finnish poet

Finnish writer (1959-2005)

Finnish politician and journalist

Finnish screenwriter and film director

Finnish journalist

Galician-born rabbi in Poland, Finland, and America

Finnish author writing in Swedish