List of Famous people born in Uusimaa, Finland
Satu Hassi
Satu Maijastiina Hassi is a Finnish politician, and former Member of the European Parliament for the Green League. She served as the Minister of Environment and Development Co-Operation in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 15 April 1999 and 31 May 2002. In accordance with her party's position on the issue, she quit the cabinet in protest of the government's decision to build a fifth nuclear power plant in Finland. Hassi served as the leader of her party between 1999 and 2001. She was a member of the national parliament from 1991 to 2004; she left the parliament when she was elected to the European Parliament as the sole Finnish Green representative in the 2004 election.
Linda Zilliacus
Linda Elvira Zilliacus is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actor. Since 2001 she has been married to Tobias Zilliacus.
Atso Almila
Atso Almila is a Finnish orchestral conductor, music director, composer, trombonist and teacher.
Taina Elg
Taina Elisabeth Elg is a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, television, and in film.
Carl Haglund
Carl Christoffer ”Calle” Haglund is a managing director at Accenture and a former Finnish politician, former chairman of the Swedish People's Party and the former Minister of Defence. He was member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2012. Haglund was elected chairman of his party in June 2012.
Pekka Haavisto
Pekka Olavi Haavisto is a Finnish politician of the Green League who has been serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2019.
Astrid Thors
Astrid Gunilla Margareta Thors is a Member of the Finnish Parliament since 2004. A Finnish-Swedish politician, formerly of the Swedish People's Party, Thors is a Candidate of Law and held several senior jobs before becoming a Member of the European Parliament in 1996 where she worked until 2004. From 2005–2007 she chaired the Swedish Assembly of Finland.
Kaija Mustonen
Kaija Marja Mustonen is a former speed skater from Finland.
Elina Salo
Aino Elina Salo is a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo has appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur). Elina was also Little My in the Finnish dub of Moomin.
Timo Salminen
Timo Salminen is a Finnish cinematographer best known for his artistic work in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Salminen's father Ville Salminen was a famed Finnish film actor, director, writer and producer whose career began in the 1930s and lasted until the 1980s. His older step brother Ville-Veikko Salminen was a comedic actor whose career also lasted over 50 years.