List of Swedish-speaking Finns

This is a list of notable Swedish-speaking Finns.

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Fanny Churberg – painter (1845–1892)
Albert Edelfelt – painter (1854–1905)
Magnus Enckell – painter (1870–1925)
Akseli Gallen-Kallela – painter (1865–1931)
Jorma Gallen-Kallela – painter (1898–1939)
Eero Järnefelt – painter (1863–1937)
Rudolf Koivu – illustrator (1890–1946)
Helene Schjerfbeck – painter (1862–1946)
Hugo Simberg – painter (1873–1917)
Kaj Stenvall – painter (1951– )
Beda Stjernschantz – painter (1867–1910)
Iqbal Johanson – painter (1917–1952)

Claes Andersson – minister
Li Andersson – Leader of the Left Alliance
Jan-Erik Enestam – minister
Axel Olof Freudenthal – founder of the Swedish People's Party, academic (1836–1911)
Karl-August Fagerholm – politician (1901–1984)
Carl Haglund – minister
Anna-Maja Henriksson – minister
Tony Halme – controversial Finnish MP
Bjarne Kallis – politician
Henrik Lax – MEP
Axel Lille – founder of the Swedish People's Party (1848–1921)
Gustaf Mannerheim – commander-in-chief, regent, president 1944–1946 (1867–1945)
Elisabeth Rehn – minister
Johan Vilhelm Snellman – writer and senator (1806–1881)
Alexander Stubb – former Prime Minister of Finland
Ulf Sundqvist – minister
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – regent and president 1931–1937 (1861–1944)
Stefan Wallin – minister
Theodor Wegelius – member of the Senate of Finland

Lars Valerian Ahlfors – mathematician, Fields Medalist 1936 (1907–1996)
Erik Allardt – sociologist, political scientist
Kari Enqvist – cosmologist
Johan Gadolin – chemist (1760–1852)
Ragnar Granit – medicine, Nobelist (1900–1991)
Hilma Granqvist – anthropologist (1890–1972)
Pehr Kalm – botanist (1716–1779)
Rafael Karsten – anthropologist
Anders Johan Lexell – mathematician, astronomer (1740–1784)
Ernst Lindelöf – mathematician, researcher of function theory and topology (1870–1946)
Lorenz Lindelöf – mathematician, researcher of variational calculus (1827–1908)
Hjalmar Mellin – mathematician (1854–1933)
Pekka Myrberg – mathematician (1892–1976)
Edvard Neovius – mathematician, senator (1851–1917)
Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld – mineralogist (1792–1866)
Edvard Westermarck – philosopher, sociologist (1862–1939)
Georg Henrik von Wright – philosopher (1916–2003)

Adolf Ehrnrooth – general (1905–2004)
Johan Casimir Ehrnrooth – lieutenant-general, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1833–1913)
Oskar Ferdinand Gripenberg – general of the infantry (1838–1916)
Carl Gustaf Casimir Gripenberg – rear-admiral (1836–1908)
Oskar Ludvig Starck – vice-admiral (1846–1928)
Oskar Wilhelm Enqvist – vice-admiral (1849–1912)
Theodor Kristian Avellan – admiral, Minister of the Navy (1839–1916)
Birger Ek – pilot and Mannerheim Cross Knight
Axel Heinrichs – general (1890–1965)
Ruben Lagus – major general (1896–1956)
Gustaf Erik Magnusson – father of Finnish fighter tactics
Gustaf Mannerheim – marshal of Finland (1867–1951)
Lennart Oesch – lieutenant general (1892–1978)
Harald Öhquist – lieutenant general (1891–1971)
Hugo Österman – lieutenant general (1892–1975)
Georg Magnus Sprengtporten – general (1740–1819)
Torsten Stålhandske – commander of Hakkapelites (1594–1644)
Kurt Martti Wallenius – lieutenant general (1893–1984)
Hans Wind – pilot, twice awarded the Mannerheim Cross

Niklas Bäckström – ice hockey player
Sean Bergenheim – ice hockey player
Peter Enckelman – football player
Mikael Forssell – football player
Marcus Grönholm – rally driver
Tony Halme – boxer, entertainer
Robert Helenius – boxer
Janne Holmén – marathon runner
Mikaela Ingberg – athlete
Jonatan Johansson – football player
Thomas Johansson – gold medalist, men's 49er team event, Sydney Olympic Games 2000
Fredrik Norrena – ice hockey player
Oskar Osala – ice hockey player
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen – sprinter
Keke Rosberg – race driver, champion of Formula 1 in 1982.
Daniel Sjölund – football player
Toni Söderholm – ice hockey player
Tim Sparv – football player
Toni Ståhl – football player
Peter Tallberg – sailor
Eva Wahlström – boxer

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