Armi Ratia

{{Short description|Finnish designer and businessperson}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Armi Maria Ratia

| image = Armi-Ratia-1959.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Ms. Ratia in 1959.

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 13 July 1912

| birth_place = Pälkjärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|10|03|1912|07|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Helsinki, Finland

| nationality = Finnish

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Co-founder of Marimekko

| years_active =

| spouse = Viljo Ratia

| children = Ristomatti, Anttimatti and Eriika

| parents =

}}

Armi Maria Ratia née Airaksinen (13 July 1912 – 3 October 1979) was the co-founder of the Finnish textile and clothing company Marimekko Oy.{{cite book|last=Lange|first=Alexandra|title=Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes|year=2012|publisher=Chronicle Books|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-1-4521-1321-0|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2URHeGQv2ncC&dq=Armi+Ratia&pg=PA74|author2=Thompson, Jane}} She is among Finland's most famous female entrepreneurs. She was born in Pälkjärvi in Ladoga Karelia.{{cite web|title=Ratia, Armi (1912–1979)|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/1581|work=National Biography of Finland|author=Ainamo, Antti }} For a detailed biographical article in the context of her Marimekko company, see The National Biography of Finland entry.

She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.{{Cite web|url=https://www.helsinginseurakunnat.fi/material/attachments/hautausmaat/hietaniemi/w8GZkM0y7/Hietaniemen_merkittavia_vainajia.pdf|title=Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä|access-date=27 August 2016}}