Famous Swedish-speaking Finns

Guess the names of these Finnish people who spoke Swedish as their mother tongue.

Includes bilingual people

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Last updated: November 11, 2024

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National poet and writer of Finnish national anthem	Johan Ludvig Runeberg
19th-century writer and historian	Zachris Topelius
First person to cross the Northeast Passage and circumnavigate Eurasia	Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Co-founder of Nokia	Fredrik Idestam
Pre-independence statesman and co-founder of Nokia	Leo Mechelin
President of Finland 1931–1937	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Highest-selling Finnish painter	Helene Schjerfbeck
Painter known for illustrations of Kalevala	Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Composer of seven symphonies	Jean Sibelius
President of Finland 1944–1946	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Assassinated General-Governor Nikolay Bobrikov	Eugen Schauman
Nobel laureate in physiology/medicine	Ragnar Granit
Creator of Moomin	Tove Jansson
Philosopher and Cambridge professor	Georg Henrik von Wright
Nobel laureate in economics	Bengt Holmström
Two-time world rally champion	Marcus Grönholm
Poet and TV personality	Tommy Tabermann
President of Finland 2024–	Alexander Stubb
Creator of Linux	Linus Torvalds
Concert violinist, model and actor	Linda Brava

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