Jutta Zilliacus

Benedict Zilliacus

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(m. 1949;died 2013)​

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Jutta Zilliacus
Jutta Zilliacus in 1959
MP for Swedish People's Party
In office 1975–1987
Children	Stefan
Occupation	Journalist and author

Jutta Armelle Zilliacus (born 25 July 1925) is a Finnish-born ethnic Estonian journalist and author in the Swedish language. ^[2] She was also a politician, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Swedish People's Party for Helsinki from 1975 to 1987 and a member of the Helsinki City Council from 1968 to 1984. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Jutta Zilliacus' parents, piano tuner Johann Kingo and Jenny Gertrud, née Pihlak, were both Estonian refugees from St. Petersburg. Her mother had worked as a chambermaid at the court of the Russian Tsar. As a child, Jutta Zilliacus spent her summers in Haapsalu, Estonia, and also had Estonian citizenship since birth. ^[4]

Jutta Zilliacus first went to a Swedish-language public school and then to Deutsche Schule Helsinki in 1933–1944. After graduating in 1944, she studied, among other things, Latin and music at the University of Helsinki 1944–1946 and at the Sibelius Academy 1944–1946. ^[5]

Besides working as a freelance journalist since 1968 and a politician, Zilliacus has also worked as a model, actor and briefly as Mannerheims secretary. ^[4]

She married the Finnish-Swedish writer Benedict Zilliacus in 1949, who died in 2013, and has a son. ^[6]

On 25 July 2025, Zilliacus turned 100. ^[7]

Books

• Rökringar (1970)
• Innan du vet ordet av (1975)
• En bit av Det stora äpplet (1978)
• Vägskäl (1986)
• Annorlunda barndom (1986)
• Vändpunkt (1987)
• Gå över gränser (1991)
• Balansgång (1994)
• Ajatuksia verannalla (1997)
• Underbart är kort (1997)
• I väntan på buss nummer 16 (2002)

References

1. Niittylahti, Anni (15 December 2024). "Anna-lehti: Jutta Zilliacuksen avioliitto kesti miehen kuolemaan saakka, vaikka syrjähypystä oli epäilys: 'En halunnut tietää siitä mitään'". Seura (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
2. "On the battleground and in parliament". Finnish Immigration Services. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
3. "Niinistö's secret". Helsingin Sanomat . 7 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
4. "Jutta Zilliacus fyller 100 år och förstår inte hur det är möjligt: "Jag har minsann inte levt som en nunna!"". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
5. "Zilliacus, Jutta Armelle". Writers in Finland 1945–1980 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1985. pp. 775–776. ISBN   951-717-348-2.
6. kuvaa, Kuusi. ""Minulle henkinen koti on aina se kieli, jota kulloinkin puhun", sanoo kielitaitoinen 99-vuotias Jutta Zilliacus". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 November 2025.
7. "Satavuotias Jutta Zilliacus muistelee hetkiään marsalkka Mannerheimin kanssa – "Jos olisin ollut vähän vanhempi, olisin rakastunut häneen"". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.