Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds

male, 39 years old
Linux, open source software, Linux kernel, computer programmer, software engineer, Finnish…Swedish-speaking Finn, Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking
Linus Benedict Torvalds ; born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of...
Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson

female, deceased (2001)
Finnish women writer, Swedish-speaking Finn, cancer death, moomin, Winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Moomin series…Swedish-language writer, Swedish-speaking Finns
Tove Marika Jansson was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is the author of, among other works, the Moomin books.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

male, deceased (1877)
Swedish-speaking Finn, Lutheran hymnwriter, poet, Swedish language poet, Finnish War, Fennomans…Swedish-language writer, Swedish-speaking Finns
Johan Ludvig Runeberg written between 1848 and 1860. It is considered the greatest Finnish epic poem outside the native Kalevala tradition and...
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

male, deceased (1951)
Marshal of Finland, Field Marshal of Finland, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Swedish nobility, Légion d'honneur recipient, Swedish-speaking Finn…Swedish-speaking Finns
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June 4, 1867 - January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces, Marshal of Finland, an...

Björn Kurtén

male, deceased (1988)
Earth's Child, Swedish-speaking Finn, Finland-Swedish, Kalinga Prize winner, Paleontologist, Finnish…Swedish-speaking Finns
Björn Olof Lennartson Kurtén was a distinguished vertebrate paleontologist. He belonged to the Finland-Swedish minority in Finland. He was also th...
Georg Henrik von Wright

Georg Henrik von Wright

male, deceased (2003)
Faculty of philosophy cambridge, Honorary doctor at the University of Tromsø, Swedish-speaking Finn, Philosophical logic, Modal Logic, philosophy of language…Swedish-language writer, Swedish-speaking Finns, swedish, swedish language
Georg Henrik von Wright (June 14, 1916 - June 16, 2003) was a Finnish philosopher, who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University...
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

male, deceased (1944)
Swedish-speaking Finn, Prime Minister of Finland, Protector of State, conservativism, Left-wing politics, Swedish-speaking Finns
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (December 15, 1861 - February 29, 1944) was the President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer,...

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

male, deceased (1901)
Swedish-speaking Finn, explorer, Geologist, Explorer of the Arctic, Sailor, Finnish…swedish, Swedish nobility, Member of the Swedish Academy, Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Baron (Nils) Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ], also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld (November 18, 1832, Helsinki, Finland) - August 12, 1901, Dalby, Skåne, Sw...
Stefan Wallin

Stefan Wallin

male, 42 years old
Minister for Culture and Sports, Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet, Swedish-speaking Finn, Finland-Swedish, politician, President of Finland…Swedish People's Party, Swedish-speaking Finns
Stefan Erik Wallin in Vaasa is a Finland-Swedish politician. He is currently Finland's Minister for Culture and Sports in Matti Vanhanen's second...
Elisabeth Rehn

Elisabeth Rehn

female, 74 years old
Swedish-speaking Finn, Special Rapporteur, Åbo Akademi, Svenska Handelshögskolan, Swedish-speaking Finns, political science…Swedish People's Party
Märta Elisabeth Rehn is a former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first woman as the Minister of Defence in Finland. In the 1994 p...