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List of Finnish women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Finland or whose writings are closely associated with the country.

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  • Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975), novelist, poet, playwright, children's story writer, wrote in both Swedish and Finnish
  • Christina Regina von Birchenbaum, Finland's earliest female poet writing her autobiographical Een Annor Ny wijsa in 1651{{cite web|url=http://nordicwomensliterature.net/article/now-lord-shall-take-me-too|title=Now the Lord Shall Take Me Too|author=Valborg Lindgärde|publisher=The History of Nordic Women's Literature|access-date=27 January 2015 }}
  • Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990), Swedish-language novelist, several autobiographical works

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  • Tua Forsström (born 1947), Swedish-language poet, translated into English
  • Maikki Friberg (1861–1927), educator, writer, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist

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  • Hilja Haapala, pen name of Hilja Dagmar Janhonen (1877–1958), novelist
  • Lucina Hagman (1853–1946), feminist, biographer
  • Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm (born 1971), forensic psychologist
  • Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998), prolific novelist, short story writer, poet
  • Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (born 1958), best-selling novelist, translator, non-fiction writer, educator{{cite web|url=http://oga.otava.fi/authors/virpi-hameen-anttila/|title=Virpi Hämeen-Anttila|publisher=OGA|access-date=25 January 2015 }}
  • Anne Hänninen (born 1958), poet, essayist
  • Anna-Leena Härkönen (born 1965), novelist, actress, works adapted for the theatre and television
  • Saima Harmaja (1913–1937), poet, known for her tragic life and early death
  • Satu Hassi (born 1951), politician, environmentalist, novelist, poet, essayist
  • Pirjo Hassinen (born 1957), novelist, works translated into several languages
  • Anna-Liisa Hirviluoto (1929–2000), archaeologist, non-fiction writer
  • Laila Hirvisaari, also Laila Hietamies (1938–2021), best-selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
  • Elina Hirvonen (born 1975), novelist, journalist, author of Että hän muistaisi saman, translated as When I Forgot
  • Sofia Hjärne (1780–1860), early Swedish-language novelist, held literary salons
  • Johanna Holmström (born 1981), short story writer, novelist, writes in Swedish

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  • Lempi Ikävalko (1901–1994), poet, journalist, latterly in the United States

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  • Tove Jansson (1914–2001), versatile Swedish-language novelist, comic strip writer, children's writer, painter
  • Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004), productive novelist, educator
  • Maria Jotuni (1880–1943), novelist, playwright, short-story writer

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  • Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964), novelist, author of the Kuopio series of historical novels
  • Elina Kahla (born 1960), philologist, essayist, non-fiction writer
  • Hilda Käkikoski (1864–1912), politician, children's writer, historian
  • Aino Kallas (1878–1956), novelist, short story writer, revered contributor to Finnish literature, some works translated into English
  • Tuula Kallioniemi (born 1951), prolific writer of novels and short stories for children and young adults
  • Irma Karvikko (1909–1994), journalist, politician
  • Eeva Kilpi (born 1928), novelist, poet, known for feminist humour, poetry translated into English
  • Ella Kivikoski (1901–1990), archaeologist, non-fiction writer
  • Leena Krohn (born 1947), novelist, works translated into several languages including English
  • Kirsi Kunnas (1924–2021), poet, children's writer, playwright, translator, some works translated into English

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  • Sinikka Laine (born 1945), novelist, short story writer, writer of young adult fiction
  • Leena Lander (born 1955), successful novelist, works translated into several languages including English
  • Tuija Lehtinen (born 1954), journalist, novelist, works translated into several languages
  • Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), widely translated crime fiction writer
  • Anne Leinonen (born 1973), novelist, science fiction and fantasy
  • Rosa Liksom (born 1958), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, artist
  • Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936), writer of picture books and novels for children as well as books for adults and poetry
  • Minna Lindgren (born 1963), journalist, since 2013 a successful crime-fiction novelist
  • Marita Lindquist (1918–2016), children's writer, novelist, songwriter, poet
  • Fredrika Lovisa Lindqvist (1786–1841), writer
  • Katri Lipson (born 1965), novelist
  • Kiba Lumberg (born 1956), novelist, screenwriter for television
  • Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 1947), Swedish-language writer, non-fiction, travel, often autobiographical novels

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  • Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), modernist poet, playwright, translator, poems translated into English
  • Marja-Leena Mikkola (born 1939), novelist, short story writer, poet, songwriter, satirist, translator{{cite web|url=http://nordicwomensliterature.net/writer/mikkola-marja-leena|title=Mikkola,Marja-Leena|publisher=The History of Nordic Women's Literature|access-date=25 January 2015 }}
  • Barbara Catharina Mjödh (1738–1776), poet
  • Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
  • Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (1724–1787), poet, wrote in German and Latvian

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  • Mikaela Nyman (born 1966), novelist, poet, journalist and editor published in Swedish and English
  • Carita Nyström (1940–2019), Swedish-speaking writer and feminist

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  • Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), best-selling novelist, playwright, internationally recognized through her play Puhdistus, translated as Purge
  • Hagar Olsson (1893–1978), expressionist novelist, playwright, critic, translator

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  • Kirsti Paltto (born 1947), Sámi author, children's writer, poet, short story writer, playwright, works translated into several languages
  • Eila Pennanen (1916–1994), novelist, critic, translator
  • Kira Poutanen (born 1974), novelist, translator, actress
  • Helvi Poutasuo (1943–2017), Finnish Sami teacher, translator and newspaper editor
  • Riikka Pulkkinen (born 1980), widely translated, novelist, columnist

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  • Pirkko Saisio (born 1949), prolific versatile writer, playwright, novelist, screenwriter
  • Sally Salminen (1906–1976), Swedish-language novelist, author of Katrina
  • Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996), Swedish-language poet, novelist, dramatist
  • Raija Siekkinen (1953–2004), short story writer, novelist, children's writer{{cite web|url=http://nordicwomensliterature.net/writer/siekkinen-raija|title=Siekkinen, Raija|publisher=The History o Nordic Women's Literature|access-date=25 January 2015 }}
  • Maria Simointytär, first Finnish-language poet, published Orpolapsen vaikerrus in 1683
  • Salla Simukka (born 1981), successful young adults author, name a name with The Snow White Trilogy
  • Helena Sinervo (born 1961), poet, poetry translator, novelist, songwriter
  • Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958), science-fiction writer, author of Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi translated as Not Before Sundown
  • Anja Snellman (born 1954), widely translated novelist, poet, journalist, her Pet Shop Girls appeared in English in 2013
  • Edith Södergran (1892–1923), widely acclaimed Swedish-language modernist poet, translated into English
  • Katariina Souri (born 1968), novelist
  • Eira Stenberg (born 1943), poet, children's writer, novelist{{cite web|url=http://nordicwomensliterature.net/writer/stenberg-eira|title=Stenberg, Eira|publisher=The History of Nordic Women's Literature|access-date=25 January 2015 }}
  • Anni Swan (1875–1958), children's writer for girls, journalist and translator
  • Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (1744–1813), Swedish-language poet, playwright, remembered for her pioneering play Dianas fest

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  • Katri Vala (1901–1944), poet, critic, attacked war and Fascism
  • Anja Vammelvuo (1921–1988), poet and writer
  • Marja-Liisa Vartio (1924–1966), poet and prose writer{{cite book| translator-last1=Väänänen-Jensen |translator-first1=Inkeri| translator-last2=Vähämäki |translator-first2=K. Börje|title= Finnish Short Stories |location= Iowa City|publisher=Penfield Press |date=2000 | page=175}}
  • Monica Vikström-Jokela (born 1960), children's writer, television script writer
  • Kerttu Vuolab (born 1951), Sami-language novelist, songwriter, translator

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  • Sara Wacklin (1790–1846), Swedish-language writer, author of the successful novel Hundrade minnen från Österbotten (A Hundred Memories of Ostrobothnia)
  • Helena Westermarck (1857–1938), artist, Swedish-language women's historian, biographer, novelist
  • Sara Wesslin (born 1991), Finnish Sami journalist, supporter of the Skolt Sami language
  • Hella Wuolijoki (1886–1954), Estonian-born Finnish-language novelist, politician, used the pen name Juhani Tervapää

See also

References

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