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 and filmmakers
- Ida Aalberg – actor
- Irina Björklund – actor and singer
- Jörn Donner – writer, film director, actor, producer, politician, and founder of Finnish Film Archive
- Stina Ekblad – actor
- Klaus Härö – filmmaker
- Nicke Lignell – actor, voice actor, and television host
- Åke Lindman – director and actor
- Lasse Pöysti – actor, director, theatre manager, and writer
- Birgitta Ulfsson – actor and theatre director
- Casper Wrede – theatre and film director
Architects
Artists and designers
- Erik Bruun – graphic designer
- Fanny Churberg – painter
- Albert Edelfelt – painter
- Magnus Enckell – painter
- Kaj Franck – industrial designer, artistic director, and instructor of applied arts
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela – painter
- Jorma Gallen-Kallela – painter
- Eero Järnefelt – painter
- Rudolf Koivu – illustrator
- Stefan Lindfors – industrial designer, interior designer, film-maker, and sculptor
- Helene Schjerfbeck – painter
- Hugo Simberg – painter
- Kaj Stenvall – painter
- Beda Stjernschantz – painter
Businesspeople
- Antti Ahlström – industrialist, founder of Ahlstrom
- Kaj Arnö – CEO of the MariaDB Foundation
- Karl Fazer – founder of confectionery manufacturer Fazer and Olympic sport-shooter
- Rabbe Grönblom – founder of Kotipizza, RG Line, Omenahotelli
- Hjallis Harkimo – chairman of the board of Jokerit
- Fredrik Idestam – industrialist, founder of Nokia
- Mikael Lilius – ex-CEO of Fortum
- Mårten Mickos – ex-CEO of MySQL AB, currently CEO at HackerOne
- – founder of the Stockmann department store
- Björn Wahlroos – Chairman of the Board in Sampo plc, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene Oyj
Musicians
Opera
- Monica Groop – mezzo-soprano
Classical
- Paavo Berglund – conductor and violinist
- Erik Bergman – composer
- Bernhard Crusell – clarinetist, composer, and translator
- Mikko Franck – conductor and violinist
- Ralf Gothoni – pianist and conductor
- Tom Krause – opera singer and vocal pedagogue
- Magnus Lindberg – composer and pianist
- Linda Lampenius – concert violinist; also known for work as a model, actress, member of the Helsinki City Council, and Sports 2000 rally driver
- Ossi Runne – trumpeter, orchestra leader, composer, and record producer
- Leif Segerstam – conductor, composer, violinist, violist, and pianist
- Jean Sibelius – composer
- John Storgårds – violinist and conductor
- Martin Wegelius – composer and musicologist
Various genres
- Ami Aspelund – singer
- Monica Aspelund – singer
- Henrik Otto Donner – composer, musician, trumpeter, record producer, and music personality
- Axel Ehnström – singer-songwriter
- Janina Fry – pop singer, model, and television host
- Ben Granfelt – guitarist; best known for work with the Ben Granfelt Band, Leningrad Cowboys, and Wishbone Ash
- Kim Herold – singer-songwriter
- Jan "Katla" Jämsen – co-founder, songwriter, and former singer of folk metal band Finntroll
- Pernilla Karlsson – singer
- Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – metal vocalist and bassist; best known for work with Finntroll
- André Linman – songwriter, rock singer and guitarist; best known for work with Sturm Und Drang
- Georg Malmstén – singer, musician, composer, and conductor
- Patrik Mennander – metal and rock singer; best known for work with Ruoska, Battlelore, and Natsipaska
- Kristian Meurman – singer
- Nasty Suicide – guitarist, bass guitarist, and singer; best known for work with glam rock band Hanoi Rocks
- Mathias "Warlord" Nygård – co-founder and lead vocalist of metal band Turisas
- Krista Siegfrids – pop singer
- Gösta Sundqvist – lead singer, composer, and lyricist of Leevi and the Leavings and a radio-personality
- Jenny Wilhelms – composer and musician focused on Nordic vocal and fiddling traditions; lead singer of folk and world music band Gjallarhorn
Politicians
- Claes Andersson – member of parliament, 1987 to 1999 and 2007 to 2008, and Minister of Culture, 1995 to 1999
- Li Andersson – member of parliament since 2015; leader of the Left Alliance since 2016; and Minister of Education since 2019
- 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
- Axel Olof Freudenthal – philologist and academic, considered by the Swedish People's Party to be their spiritual father
- Karl-August Fagerholm – three-time Prime Minister of Finland during the late-1940s and 1950s
- 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
- 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
- Tony Halme – member of parliament, 2003 to 2007; MMA fighter, boxer, sports entertainer and professional wrestler
- Bjarne Kallis – member of parliament, 1991 to 2011, and chairman of the Christian Democratic Party, 1995 to 2004
- Henrik Lax – member of parliament, 1987 to 2004, and member of the European Parliament, 2004 to 2009
- 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
- Gustaf Mannerheim – Regent of Finland, 1918 to 1919; commander-in-chief, 1939 to 1945; and President of Finland, 1944 to 1946
- 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
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman – member of the Senate of Finland, Fennoman philosopher, author, and journalist
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Theodor Wegelius – member of the Senate of Finland
Scientists and technologists
- Lars Valerian Ahlfors – mathematician and Fields Medalist in 1936; known for work in the fields of Riemann surfaces and complex analysis
- Erik Allardt – sociologist, professor, and chancellor of the Åbo Akademi University
- Fredrik Elfving – botanist, plant physiologist, and university administrator
- Gustav Elfving – mathematician and statistician; known for pioneering work in the optimal design of experiments
- Kari Enqvist – physicist and professor of cosmology
- Axel Olof Freudenthal – philologist and academic, considered by the Swedish People's Party to be their spiritual father
- Johan Gadolin – chemist, physicist, and mineralogist; best known for his description of the first rare-earth element, yttrium
- Ragnar Granit – physiologist and professor of neurophysiology; joint Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1967
- Hilma Granqvist – anthropologist; best known for long field studies of Palestinians
- Pehr Kalm – botanist, naturalist, explorer, and agricultural economist
- Rafael Karsten – social anthropologist and philosopher of religion; best known for work among indigenous peoples of South America
- Anders Johan Lexell – astronomer, mathematician, and physicist; best known for work in the fields of celestial mechanics and polygonometry, particularly spherical trigonometry
- Ernst Lindelöf – mathematician; best known for work in the fields of function theory and topology
- Lorenz Lindelöf – mathematician, astronomer, and researcher of variational calculus; Minister of State Education, 1874–1902
- Karl F. Lindman – physicist and former vice rector of Åbo Akademi University; best known for work on artificial chiral media
- 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
- Pekka Myrberg – mathematician and university administrator; best known for work in the field of function theory, particularly iteration and period-doubling bifurcation
- – mathematician known for his work in the field of minimal surface; member of the Senate of Finland
- Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld – mineralogist and traveler; best known as discoverer of alexandrite and several other minerals
- Linus Torvalds – creator of Linux kernel
- Michael Widenius – main developer of MySQL
- Erik Adolf von Willebrand – physician; best known for his work in the field of hematology
- Edvard Westermarck – sociologist and philosopher; known as "the first sociobiologist," he is best remembered for his work in the field of marriage
- 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
Soldiers
- Adolf Ehrnrooth – general
- Johan Casimir Ehrnrooth – lieutenant-general, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Oskar Ferdinand Gripenberg – general of the infantry
- Carl Gustaf Casimir Gripenberg – rear-admiral
- Oskar Ludvig Starck – vice-admiral
- Oskar Wilhelm Enqvist – vice-admiral
- Theodor Kristian Avellan – admiral, Minister of the Navy
- Birger Ek – pilot and Mannerheim Cross Knight
- Axel Heinrichs – general
- Gustav Hägglund, general
- Jan Klenberg, admiral
- Ruben Lagus – major general
- Gustaf Erik Magnusson – father of Finnish fighter tactics
- Gustaf Mannerheim – marshal of Finland, president of Finland 1944–1946
- Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general
- Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general
- Hugo Österman – lieutenant general
- Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general
- Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites
- Kurt Martti Wallenius – lieutenant general
- Hans Wind – pilot, twice awarded the Mannerheim Cross
Sportspeople
- Mikael Almén – football player
- Niklas Bäckström – ice hockey player
- Sean Bergenheim – ice hockey player
- Lucas Bergström - football player
- Peter Enckelman – football player
- Adelina Engman – football player
- Alexei Eremenko – football player
- Roman Eremenko – football player
- Sergei Eremenko – football player
- Marcus Forss – football player
- Mikael Forssell – football player
- Albin Granlund – football player
- Marcus Grönholm – rally driver
- Daniel Håkans - football player
- Tony Halme – MMA fighter, heavyweight boxer, sports entertainer and professional wrestler, and member of parliament
- Kasper Hämäläinen – football player
- Robert Helenius – boxer
- Janne Holmén – marathon runner
- Mikaela Ingberg – javelin thrower
- Fredrik Jensen - football player
- Richard Jensen - football player
- Thomas Johanson – sailor; Olympic gold medalist
- Jonatan Johansson – football player and coach
- Benjamin Källman – football player
- Kevin Lankinen - ice hockey player
- Lucas Lingman – football player
- Anton Lundell – ice hockey player
- Joel Mattsson – football player
- Matilda Nilsson – ice hockey player
- Fredrik Norrena – ice hockey player
- Oskar Osala – ice hockey player
- Noah Pallas - football player
- Mona-Lisa Pursiainen – sprinter
- Alexander Ring – football player
- Ronja Savolainen – ice hockey player; 2x Olympic bronze medalist
- Rasmus Schüller – football player
- Daniel Sjölund – football player
- Simon Skrabb – football player
- Toni Söderholm – ice hockey player
- Tim Sparv – football player
- Toni Ståhl – football player
- Peter Tallberg – sailor
- Eva Wahlström – boxer
- Oscar Wiklöf - football player
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
Writers
- – author
- Gunnar Björling – modernist poet
- Bo Carpelan – poet and author
- Fredrika Wilhelmina Carstens – author
- Jörn Donner – author, journalist, critic, filmmaker, politician, and founder of Finnish Film Archive
- Olly Donner – author and anthroposopher
- Monika Fagerholm – novelist
- Tua Forsström – poet
- – science fiction writer
- Bengt Idestam-Almquist journalist and the "father of Swedish film criticism"
- Tove Jansson – author of the Moomin books
- Irmelin Sandman Lilius – author
- Fredrika Runeberg – journalist, novelist, and author of historical fiction
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg – lyric and epic poet, considered the national poet of Finland; Lutheran priest
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman – author, journalist, Fennoman philosopher, author, and member of the Senate of Finland
- – author and songwriter
- Edith Södergran – modernist poet
- Marton Taiga – pulp fiction author
- Henrik Tikkanen – author
- Märta Tikkanen – author and literary scholar
- Zacharias Topelius – author and historian
- Nikke Torvalds – journalist
- Ole Torvalds – journalist
- Solveig von Schoultz – poet and author
- Sara Wacklin – author and educator
- Kjell Westö – author and journalist
Other notables
- Ior Bock – mythologist and eccentric
- Sophie Mannerheim – nurse
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld – explorer
- Eugen Schauman – civilian who killed Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov
- Thomas Wallgren – activist, politician, philosopher
- Folke West – traveller