Finland.
Finland
1930
Finnish comics are called sarjakuva.
Translated comics appeared from 1857, and the first complete Finnish comic book, Ilmari Vainio's Professori Itikaisen tutkimusretki, was published on 21 November 1911, celebrated in the 2011 centenary. Classics include Pekka Puupää (1925 to 1975), the Moomin strip by Tove and Lars Jansson and, since 2007, Pertti Jarla's Fingerpori.
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1930
2000s
Artists from Finland in the archive.
Comics from Finland in the archive.
Rymy-Eetu, the earliest comic from Finland in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Finland began.
sarjakuva
Finland in 3 chapters
A short history you can leaf through. Click a page, use the arrow keys, or press Turn the page to read on.
Finland.
3 chapters
Chapter 1
1857
to 1910
Translations
1857
to 1910
Chapter 01
Translations
Translated comics, beginning with Töpffer, appeared in Finland from 1857.
1911
to 1970
Chapter 02
Finnish classics
Ilmari Vainio's Professori Itikaisen tutkimusretki, published on 21 November 1911, was the first complete Finnish comic book. Ola Fogelberg's Pekka Puupää (1925) and Asmo Alho's Kieku ja Kaiku (1927) both ran until 1975.
1971
to today
Chapter 03
A society, prizes and festivals
The Finnish Comics Society was founded in 1971 and has awarded the Puupää hat since 1972, and festivals began in Kemi (1981) and Helsinki (1983). Pertti Jarla's Fingerpori began in February 2007, the year the Sarjakuva-Finlandia prize was founded, and 2011 was celebrated as the centenary of Finnish comics.
The comics to know
- Professori Itikaisen tutkimusretki1911Ilmari Vainio. The first complete Finnish comic book.
- Pekka Puupää1925Ola Fogelberg. Ran until 1975.
- Kieku ja Kaiku1927Asmo Alho. Ran until 1975.
- MuumipeikkoTove and Lars Jansson. The Moomin strip.
- Mämmilä1974 · comic stripTarmo Koivisto
- Fingerpori2007 · comic stripPertti Jarla. Since February 2007.
The people to know
- Ilmari VainioCartoonist, 1892 to 1955Professori Itikaisen tutkimusretki (1911).
- Ola FogelbergComics artist, 1894 to 1952Pekka Puupää.
- Asmo AlhoCartoonist, 1903 to 1975Kieku ja Kaiku.
- Tove JanssonCartoonist, 1914 to 2001The Moomin strip.
- Lars JanssonComics artist, 1926 to 2000The Moomin strip.
- Tarmo KoivistoCartoonist, Born 1948Mämmilä.
- Pertti JarlaComics artist, Born 1971Fingerpori.
More artists from Finland
All 204 artists- Tom de FinlàndiaCartoonist, 1920 to 1991
- Mauri KunnasCartoonist, Born 1950
- Kati KovácsComics artist, Born 1963
- Jussi TuomolaComics artist, Born 1965
- Petri HiltunenCartoonist, Born 1967
- Kari KorhonenComics artist, Born 1973
- Ville TietäväinenComics artist, Born 1970
- Ville RantaComics artist, Born 1978
- Erkki TanttuCartoonist, 1907 to 1985
- Ilkka HeiläCartoonist, Born 1956
- Kivi LarmolaComics artist, Born 1966
- WalluCartoonist, Born 1956
More comics from Finland
All 48 comics- Moomin comic stripsMuminserien1947 · comic book series
- Viivi & WagnerViivi ja Wagner1997 · comic strip
- Stand Still, Stay Silent2013 · webcomic
- Nyrok City1975 · comic strip
- Rymy-Eetu1930 · comic
- Roope-setä1978 · comic book
- Väinämöisen paluu2001 · comic
- Fok It2011 · comic strip
- B. Virtanen1989 · comic strip
- Jymy1973 to 1975 · magazine
- Finnish NightmaresSuomalaisten painajaisia2015 · comic
- Kamala luonto2001 · comic strip