page_title: Viipuri Province
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Viipuri Province / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Suomi: Ernst Bernhold Löfström Русский: Эрнест Лаврентьевич Левстрем
context_page_description: The Viipuri Province was a province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
context_section_description: People born in Viipuri Province between 1812 and 1917, when it was part of the Grand Duchy of Finland
  Carl Jaenisch (1813–1872) Finnish and Russian chess player and theorist
  Stephen Wäkevä (1833 in Säkkijärvi - 1910) Russian silversmith of Finnish origin, Fabergé workmaster
  Julius Krohn (1835, Viipuri - 1888) Finnish poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature and Fennoman
  Leo Mechelin (1839 in Hamina – 1914) Finnish professor, statesman, senator and liberal reformer
  Kaarlo Bergbom (1843, Viipuri – 1906) theatre director, founded the Finnish National Theatre
  Lydia Sesemann (1845–1925) Finnish doctor of chemistry
  Alexandra Gripenberg (1857, Kurkiyoki [Finnish Kurkijoki] - 1913) Finnish social activist, newspaper publisher and Fennoman
  Ernst Löfström (1865–1937) Finnish general
  Gustaf Komppa (1867, Viipuri – 1949), Finnish chemist
  Armas Järnefelt (1869, Viipuri – 1958), Finnish composer and conductor
  Magnus Enckell (1870 in Hamina – 1925) Finnish symbolist painter
  Georg Schnéevoigt (1872–1947) Finnish conductor and cellist
  Hugo Simberg (1873–1917) Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist.
  Erkki Melartin (1875 in Käkisalmi – 1937) Finnish composer
  Ernst Mielck (born 1877 in Viipuri – 1899), Finnish composer
  Ernst Mielck (1877–1899) a Finnish composer
  Onni Talas (1877 in Lappeenranta — 1958) Finnish lawyer, politician, professor and diplomat
  Aino Kallas (1878 in Kiiskilä – 1956) Finnish-Estonian author of novellas
  Uno Ullberg (1879, Viipuri – 1944), Finnish architect
  Lauri Kristian Relander (1883, Kurkiyoki – 1942), second President of Finland
  Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) Finnish author and playwright.
  Algoth Niska (1888, Viipuri – 1954), a Finnish bootlegger, footballer and adventurer
  Juho Niukkanen (1888 in Kirvu – 1954), Finnish minister
  Karl Lennart Oesch (1892 in Pyhäjärvi – 1978), Finnish general
  Elsa Arokallio (1892 in Kurkiyoki - 1982) Finnish architect
  Edwin Linkomies (1894, Viipuri – 1963), Prime Minister of Finland
  Väinö Kunnas (1896-1929) Finnish Expressionist painter
  Saara Ranin (1898 in Hamina – 1992) Finnish actress and director
  Tyyne Leivo-Larsson (1902 in Uusikirkko – 1977) Finnish Ambassador and MP
  Cay Sundström (1902 in Hamina - 1959) Finnish dentist, politician and diplomat
  Simo Häyhä (born 1905, Rautjärvi - 2002), Finnish soldier
  Helvi Hämäläinen (1907 in Hamina – 1998) Finnish author, published prose and poetry
  Viljo Vesterinen (1907 in Terijoki – 1961) Finnish accordionist and composer.
  Sam Vanni (1908–1992) Finnish painter, pioneer of abstract art
  Veikko Lavi (1912 in Kotka – 1996) Finnish singer, songwriter and author
  Harry Lindblad (1912–1984) President of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association
  Armi Ratia (1912 Pälkjärvi – 1979) founder of the Finnish textile and clothing company Marimekko
  Sylvi Saimo  (1914 in Jaakkima – 2004) Finnish sprint canoeist, gold medalist, 1952 Summer Olympics
  Wassily Hoeffding (1914 in Mustamäki – 1991) Finnish statistician and probabilist
  Johannes Virolainen (1914 near Viipuri - 2000), 30th Prime Minister of Finland
  Masa Niemi (1914, Viipuri – 1960) drummer, actor and comedian
  Mikhail Bogdanov (1914–1995) a Soviet production designer
  Ester Toivonen (1914 in Hamina — 1979) Miss Finland in 1933, Miss Europe 1934, then film star
  Erna Tauro (1916–1993) Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer
  
  For people born after 1917 in Vyborg
caption: Ernst Löfström
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