27 Notable alumni of
Abo Akademi University
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Abo Akademi University is 1818th in the world, 612th in Europe, and 8th in Finland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Abo Akademi University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Li Andersson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. A former leader of the Left Alliance, she was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2024. She is also a city councillor of Turku and was chair of the party's youth wing, Left Youth.
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Paavo Väyrynen
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- politicianuniversity teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish politician who has served, among other things, as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1982, and again from 1983 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1993. He is a former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement, the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He left the Centre Party in 2023.
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Johan Vilhelm Snellman
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterjournalistphilosopher
- Biography
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Johan Vilhelm Snellman was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot and J. L. Runeberg.
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Stefan Wallin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stefan Erik Wallin is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. He was Finland's Minister of Culture and Sport in Matti Vanhanen's cabinet 2007–2011, Minister of Defence in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet 2011–2012 and a Member of Parliament 2007–2019.
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Ulla-Lena Lundberg
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- poetwriter
- Biography
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Ulla-Lena Lundberg is a Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland. Her Swedish-language books have been translated into several languages, including Finnish, Danish, German, Russian and Dutch.
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Jan-Erik Enestam
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- politician
- Biography
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Jan-Erik Enestam is a Finnish politician from the Swedish People's Party. He served as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2003 under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen and Minister of the Environment under Prime Ministers Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Matti Vanhanen from 2003 to 2006.
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John Vikström
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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John Edvin Vikström is a Finnish priest. He served as the Archbishop of Turku and Finland from 1982 to 1998.
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Sandra Bergqvist
- Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
- In 2005 graduated with Master of Social Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sandra Ida Christina Bergqvist is a Finnish politician serving as member of parliament for the Finland Proper constituency. She was elected to the Parliament in 2019. She is also the chairperson of the Swedish Assembly of Finland.
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Janina Andersson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Janina Maria Andersson is a Finnish politician and former member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She has also held positions in various other organisations. She was first elected to the parliament in 1995 and served until 2011.
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Teija Tiilikainen
- Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Teija Helena Tiilikainen is a Finnish political scientist. She has been the Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and a vice-chairperson of the executive board of the University of Helsinki. In August 2019 she was elected Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. Her research focuses on European integration and European security policy.
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Ralf Törngren
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherdiplomat
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Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren was a Finnish politician, born in Oulu. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party (1945–1955), a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May – 20 October 1954. In the Finnish presidential elections of 1956, he won 20 electoral votes.
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Björn Vikström
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- priest
- Biography
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Björn Håkan Vikström is a Finnish prelate who served as Bishop of Borgå between 2009 and 2019.
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Bjarne Kallis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johan Bjarne Kallis is the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Party (KD), previously known as the Finnish Christian Coalition (SKL), and a member of the Parliament of Finland. Kallis works as the principal of the Kokkola academy of commerce and has a master's degree in political sciences.
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Ulf Söderblom
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- music directoruniversity teacherconductor
- Biography
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Ulf Arne Söderblom was a Finnish conductor and music professor. He was the principal conductor of the Finnish National Opera from 1973 to 1993 and was a key figure in the revival of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. A champion of Finnish music, he has conducted the world premieres of several works by Finnish composers including Kokkonen's The Last Temptations and Sallinen's Kullervo and The Horseman.
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Lars Sund
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Lars Sund, is a Finland-Swedish author. He studied English, Swedish and comparative literature at the Åbo Akademi University and resides in Uppsala, Sweden.
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Janina Orlov
- Occupations
- translatorwriter
- Biography
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Janina Maria Orlov, is a Finnish-Swedish translator of literature. She took her PhD in the Russian language in 2005 at Åbo Akademi with a text about Pushkin's The Tale of Tsar Saltan. Orlov translates books from Russian and Finnish to Swedish and specializes in children's books and youth literature, but also regular literature.
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Fred Karlsson
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguist
- Biography
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Fred Göran Karlsson is a professor emeritus of general linguistics at the University of Helsinki.
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Carl Olof Tallgren
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- politician
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Carl Olof Tallgren was a Finnish politician who served as the minister of finance between 1970 and 1971. He was one of the heads of the Swedish People's Party of Finland.
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Roger Nordlund
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- politician
- Biography
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Roger Nordlund is a politician in Åland, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. Nordlund is a member of the Åland Centre party and is currently serving as Deputy Premier Government of Åland and Minister of Finance.
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Torsten Pettersson
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Torsten Pettersson is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor.
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Guje Sevón
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- psychologistdocentbusiness theorist
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Guje Agneta Sevón is a Swedish and Finnish academic in psychology, and management and organization. She is currently focusing her research on individuals and organizations in a world of travelling management ideas and mutable resources.
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Roger Jansson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roger Jansson is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. He has studied in Åbo Akademi.
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August Maximilian Myhrberg
- Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
- Studied in 1818
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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August Maximilian Myhrberg was a Finnish-Swedish military officer and revolutionary. After abandoning his studies at the Uppsala University, he pursued a military career by supporting the liberals in the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis revolution, the Greeks in the Greek War of Independence and the Polish rebels in the November Uprising. His adventures were mythologized in his native Sweden and his persona was idealized by late 19th century Finnish nationalists.
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Christian Fredrikson
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Christian Fredrikson is the President and CEO at F-Secure Corporation, an anti-virus and computer security and computer software company based in Helsinki, Finland.
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Johan Ehn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johan Ehn is a politician in Åland. He was a member of Moderates of Åland political party (previously Freeminded Co-operation), and its leader from 2011. In 2013 the party merged with Non-aligned Coalition to become Moderate Coalition for Åland and Ehn as its leader. After the 2015 Ålandic legislative election Johan Ehn became the new Speaker of the Parliament of Åland. From 2011 to 2015 he was in the Government in the position of Minister of Education and Culture.
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Carl Jacob Gardberg
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- historiannon-fiction writerarchaeologist
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Carl Jacob Reinhold Gardberg was a Finnish art historian and archaeologist.
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Mats Lillhannus
- Occupations
- singer
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Mats Lillhannus is a Finnish tenor singer. He is an ensemble singer specialised in early music.
