26 Notable alumni of
Abo Akademi University

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Abo Akademi University is 1835th in the world, 609th in Europe, and 8th in Finland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 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.

  1. Li Andersson

    Li Andersson
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. The leader of the Left Alliance, she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. She is also the city councilor of Turku and was the chair of the party's youth wing, Left Youth.

  2. Paavo Väyrynen

    Paavo Väyrynen
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    diplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish politician who, in his long and eventful political career, 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 is currently member of Centre Party.

  3. Johan Vilhelm Snellman

    Johan Vilhelm Snellman
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1806-1881 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianuniversity teacherphilosopherjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  4. Stefan Wallin

    Stefan Wallin
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  5. Ulla-Lena Lundberg

    Ulla-Lena Lundberg
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    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.

  6. Jan-Erik Enestam

    Jan-Erik Enestam
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  7. John Vikström

    John Vikström
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1931-.. (age 93)
    Occupations
    priest
    Biography

    John Edvin Vikström is a Finnish priest. He served as the Archbishop of Turku and Finland from 1982 to 1998.

  8. Teija Tiilikainen

    Teija Tiilikainen
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    political scientist
    Biography

    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.

  9. Ralf Törngren

    Ralf Törngren
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1899-1961 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    diplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  10. Janina Andersson

    Janina Andersson
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  11. Björn Vikström

    Björn Vikström
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    priest
    Biography

    Björn Håkan Vikström is a Finnish prelate who served as Bishop of Borgå between 2009 and 2019.

  12. Bjarne Kallis

    Bjarne Kallis
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  13. Ulf Söderblom

    Ulf Söderblom
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1930-2016 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    university teachermusic directorconductor
    Biography

    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.

  14. Sandra Bergqvist

    Sandra Bergqvist
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
    In 2005 graduated with Master of Social Science
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  15. Lars Sund

    Lars Sund
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Lars Sund, is a Finland-Swedish author. He studied English, Swedish and comparative literature at the Åbo Akademi University and resides in Uppsala, Sweden.

  16. Janina Orlov

    Janina Orlov
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    writertranslator
    Biography

    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.

  17. Fred Karlsson

    Fred Karlsson
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    linguistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Fred Göran Karlsson is a professor emeritus of general linguistics at the University of Helsinki.

  18. Roger Nordlund

    Roger Nordlund
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  19. Torsten Pettersson

    Torsten Pettersson
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Torsten Pettersson is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor.

  20. Guje Sevón

    Guje Sevón
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    psychologistbusiness theoristdocent
    Biography

    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.

  21. Roger Jansson

    Roger Jansson
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Roger Jansson is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. He has studied in Åbo Akademi.

  22. Christian Fredrikson

    Christian Fredrikson
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    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.

  23. August Maximilian Myhrberg

    August Maximilian Myhrberg
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1797-1867 (aged 70)
    Enrolled in Abo Akademi University
    Studied in 1818
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    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.

  24. Johan Ehn

    Johan Ehn
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  25. Carl Jacob Gardberg

    Carl Jacob Gardberg
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1926-2010 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    archaeologistnon-fiction writerhistorian
    Biography

    Carl Jacob Reinhold Gardberg was a Finnish art historian and archaeologist.

  26. Mats Lillhannus

    Mats Lillhannus
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Mats Lillhannus is a Finnish tenor singer. He is an ensemble singer specialised in early music.