List of Finnish women writers

A

• Uma Aaltonen, author, journalist, politician
• Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestinian-born novelist, journalist
• Susanna Alakoski, novelist, author of Svinalängorna, filmed as Beyond
• Outi Alanne, novelist using the pen name NeitiNaru
• Marianne Alopaeus, novelist, published in Swedish
• Tuuve Aro, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, several English translations
• Isa Asp, poet

  B

• Kersti Bergroth, 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
• Anni Blomqvist, Swedish-language novelist, several autobiographical works

  C

• Minna Canth, important figure in Finnish literature, playwright, novelist, short story writer, addressed women's rights
• Kristina Carlson, novelist, poet, journalist
• Inga-Brita Castrén, theologian

  E

• Adelaïde Ehrnrooth, novelist, poet, short story writer, feminist

  F

• Tua Forsström, Swedish-language poet, translated into English
• Maikki Friberg, educator, writer, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist

  G

• Kaarina Goldberg, children's writer, also comic strips

  H

• Hilja Haapala, pen name of Hilja Dagmar Janhonen, novelist
• Lucina Hagman, feminist, biographer
• Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm forensic psychologist
• Helvi Hämäläinen, prolific novelist, short story writer, poet
• Virpi Hämeen-Anttila, best-selling novelist, translator, non-fiction writer, educator
• Anne Hänninen, poet, essayist
• Anna-Leena Härkönen, novelist, actress, works adapted for the theatre and television
• Saima Harmaja, poet, known for her tragic life and early death
• Satu Hassi, politician, environmentalist, novelist, poet, essayist
• Pirjo Hassinen, novelist, works translated into several languages
• Anna-Liisa Hirviluoto, archaeologist, non-fiction writer
• Laila Hirvisaari, also Laila Hietamies, best-selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Elina Hirvonen, novelist, journalist, author of Että hän muistaisi saman, translated as ''When I Forgot
• Sofia Hjärne, early Swedish-language novelist, held literary salons
• Johanna Holmström, short story writer, novelist, writes in Swedish

  I

• Lempi Ikävalko, poet, journalist, latterly in the United States

  J

• Tove Jansson, versatile Swedish-language novelist, comic strip writer, children's writer, painter
• Eeva Joenpelto, productive novelist, educator
• Maria Jotuni, novelist, playwright, short-story writer

  K

• Sirpa Kähkönen, novelist, author of the Kuopio series of historical novels
• Elina Kahla, philologist, essayist, non-fiction writer
• Hilda Käkikoski, politician, children's writer, historian
• Aino Kallas, novelist, short story writer, revered contributor to Finnish literature, some works translated into English
• Tuula Kallioniemi, prolific writer of novels and short stories for children and young adults
• Irma Karvikko, journalist, politician
• Eeva Kilpi, novelist, poet, known for feminist humour, poetry translated into English
• Ella Kivikoski, archaeologist, non-fiction writer
• Leena Krohn, novelist, works translated into several languages including English
• Kirsi Kunnas, poet, children's writer, playwright, translator, some works translated into English

  L

• Sinikka Laine, novelist, short story writer, writer of young adult fiction
• Leena Lander, successful novelist, works translated into several languages including English
• Tuija Lehtinen, journalist, novelist, works translated into several languages
• Leena Lehtolainen, widely translated crime fiction writer
• Anne Leinonen, novelist, science fiction and fantasy
• Rosa Liksom, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, artist
• Irmelin Sandman Lilius, writer of picture books and novels for children as well as books for adults and poetry
• Minna Lindgren, journalist, since 2013 a successful crime-fiction novelist
• Marita Lindquist, children's writer, novelist, songwriter, poet
• Katri Lipson, novelist
• Kiba Lumberg, novelist, screenwriter for television
• Ulla-Lena Lundberg, Swedish-language writer, non-fiction, travel, often autobiographical novels

  M

• Eeva-Liisa Manner, modernist poet, playwright, translator, poems translated into English
• Marja-Leena Mikkola, novelist, short story writer, poet, songwriter, satirist, translator
• Barbara Catharina Mjödh, poet
• Eva Moltesen, Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
• Agatha Lovisa de la Myle, poet, wrote in German and Latvian

  N

• Carita Nyström, Swedish-speaking writer and feminist

  O

• Sofi Oksanen, best-selling novelist, playwright, internationally recognized through her play Puhdistus, translated as Purge
• Hagar Olsson, expressionist novelist, playwright, critic, translator

  P

• Kirsti Paltto, Sámi author, children's writer, poet, short story writer, playwright, works translated into several languages
• Eila Pennanen, novelist, critic, translator
• Kira Poutanen, novelist, translator, actress
• Helvi Poutasuo, Finnish Sami teacher, translator and newspaper editor
• Riikka Pulkkinen, widely translated, novelist, columnist

  R

• Elsa Rautee, poet, songwriter
• Mirkka Rekola, highly acclaimed poet, writer of aphorisms
• Hanna Rönnberg, painter and writer
• Fredrika Runeberg, novelist, pioneer of Finnish historical fiction, wife of national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
• Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg, journalist, newspaper editor, poet, non-fiction writer, politician

  S

• Pirkko Saisio, prolific versatile writer, playwright, novelist, screenwriter
• Sally Salminen, Swedish-language novelist, author of Katrina
• Solveig von Schoultz, Swedish-language poet, novelist, dramatist
• Raija Siekkinen, short story writer, novelist, children's writer
• Maria Simointytär, first Finnish-language poet, published Orpolapsen vaikerrus in 1683
• Salla Simukka, successful young adults author, name a name with The Snow White Trilogy
• Helena Sinervo, poet, poetry translator, novelist, songwriter
• Johanna Sinisalo, science-fiction writer, author of Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi translated as Not Before Sundown
• Anja Snellman, widely translated novelist, poet, journalist, her Pet Shop Girls appeared in English in 2013
• Edith Södergran, widely acclaimed Swedish-language modernist poet, translated into English
• Katariina Souri, novelist
• Eira Stenberg, poet, children's writer, novelist
• Anni Swan, children's writer for girls, journalist and translator
• Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck, Swedish-language poet, playwright, remembered for her pioneering play Dianas fest

  T

• Maila Talvio, playwright, short story writer, novelist
• Eeva Tikka, novelist
• Märta Tikkanen, Swedish-language novelist, journalist, author of Manrape
• Aale Tynni, poet, translator, editor

  U

• Kaari Utrio, historical novelist, historian
• Arja Uusitalo, poet, journalist

  V

• Katri Vala, poet, critic, attacked war and Fascism
• Marja-Liisa Vartio, poet and prose writer
• Monica Vikström-Jokela, children's writer, television script writer
• Kerttu Vuolab, Sami-language novelist, songwriter, translator

  W

• Sara Wacklin, Swedish-language writer, author of the successful novel Hundrade minnen från Österbotten
• Helena Westermarck, artist, Swedish-language women's historian, biographer, novelist
• Sara Wesslin, Finnish Sami journalist, supporter of the Skolt Sami language
• Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-born Finnish-language novelist, politician, used the pen name Juhani Tervapää