38 Finnish writers in Swedish

Sven Gösta Ågren was a Finnish author who won the Finlandia Prize in 1988 for Jär. Gösta Ågren, who wrote his works in Swedish, praised the Gospel of Mark for its literary values and published the collection Timmermannen in reference to it. He was known for his left-wing sympathies, which can be seen in his autobiographical work concerning the rural "proletariat." His brothers Leo and Erik were also writers.

Johan Jacob Ahrenberg, usually referred to as Jac was a Finnish architect, writer and artist. He designed a number of public buildings in Finland and is also remembered for his literary work which mainly deals with themes from contemporary everyday life in eastern Finland.

Marianne Alopaeus was a Finnish-born writer who published in Swedish.

Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson 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 Democratic League. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 1987 to 1999 and from 2007 to 2008, and served as the Minister of Culture in the Lipponen I Cabinet.

Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan was a Finnish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories.

Tito Fritiof Colliander was a Finnish Eastern Orthodox Christian writer.

Jörn Johan Donner was a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive.

Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell was a Finnish author, writer and poet. Enckell is regarded as one of the stalwarts of the Swedo-Finnish poetic revival that began in the 1920s.

Monika Kristina Fagerholm 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 psychology and literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1987, she received her bachelor's degree in psychology and literature. Fagerholm made her debut in 1987 with Sham but her real breakthrough in the literary scene was in 1994 with Underbara kvinnor vid vatten. The book was nominated for the Finlandia Prize, which is the biggest literary prize in Finland. It was also nominated for the August prize in 1995, in Sweden and also the International Dublin Literary Award in 1998. In 1994, she received the Runeberg Award in Finland. The movie adaptation of the novel by Claes Olsson premiered in 1998. Fagerholm received the August prize in 2005 for Den amerikanska flickan.

Jarl Robert Hemmer was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature eight times.

Johanna Holmström is a Finland-Swedish author.

Lars Evert Huldén 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 from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other purposes. She continued to work as an artist and a writer for the rest of her life.

Björn Olof August Landström was a Swedish-speaking Finnish artist, writer, graphic designer, illustrator and researcher. He also staged and directed the theater.

Aleko Axel August Eugen Lilius 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 American of Finnish origin, a Swedish journalist and adventurer, and an intrepid American journalist. He is the author of I Sailed with Chinese Pirates, an account of the time he spent among pirates of the South China seas.

Zinaida Lindén is a Russian-born Finnish prose writer, publicist, author of short stories and several novels. She writes in Swedish and Russian. She was a laureate of the Runeberg Prize (2005).

Ulla-Lena Lundberg 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.

Lovisa Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845) was a Finnish - Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble.

Arvid Mörne was a Finnish author and poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

Alli Hagar Olsson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, literary critic, playwright and translator.

Joel Pettersson was a painter and writer on the Åland Islands, Finland. He remained an obscure figure during his lifetime; most of his writings were unpublished for decades after his death.

Torsten Pettersson is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor.

Emil von Qvanten was a Finnish-Swedish poet, librarian, publisher and politician. He was born in Pori; throughout his life Finland was governed as the Grand Duchy of Finland, part of the Russian Empire.

Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg, born Fredrika Tengström, was a Finnish (Finland-Swedish) novelist, journalist and the wife of Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg. She was a pioneer of Finnish historical fiction and one of the first woman journalists in Finland.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finland-Swedish lyric and epic poet. He is the national poet of Finland and the author of the lyrics to Vårt land that became the Finnish National Anthem. Runeberg was also involved in the modernization of the Finnish Lutheran hymnal and produced many texts for the new edition.

Sally Alina Ingeborg Salminen, from 1940 Salminen-Dührkop, was an internationally renowned author from Vargata, the Åland Islands, Finland. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki. His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have also been translated into Finnish, English, French and German.

Solveig Margareta von Schoultz was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and teacher. She wrote poetry, children's novels, short stories, plays, and television and radio dramas.

Jarl Werner Söderhjelm was a Finnish-Swedish linguist, researcher of literary history and diplomat.

Yrsa Carola Stenius was a Finnish born Swedish journalist and newspaper editor.

Märta Eleonora Tikkanen is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer.

Toini Mathilda Topelius was a Finnish journalist and a writer for young people.

Zachris Topelius was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.

Thomas Warburton was a Finnish writer, translator, and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1997 and many more.

Kjell Westö 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.

Georg Henrik von Wright was a Finnish philosopher.

Emil Benedict Zilliacus was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, author, scriptwriter and translator.

Jutta Armelle Zilliacus is a Helsinki-born Estonian Swedish-language journalist, author, and former Member of Parliament. Zilliacus was an MP for the Swedish People's Party from Helsinki from 1975 to 1986 and a member of the Helsinki City Council from 1968 to 1984.