Jutta Zilliacus

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]

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Jutta Zilliacus
Jutta Zilliacus in 1959

MP for Swedish People's Party
In office 1975–1987
Member of the Helsinki City Council
In office 1968–1984

Personal details
Born	Jutta Armelle Zilliacus (1925-07-25) 25 July 1925 (age 100) Helsinki, Finland
Spouse	Benedict Zilliacus (m. 1949; died 2013) ^[1]
Children	Stefan
Occupation	Journalist and author

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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]

Jutta Zilliacus began her political career as a member of the Helsinki City Council and the City Planning Committee from 1969 to 1984. She was a member of the Swedish People's Party's central board from 1973 to 1983, a Member of Parliament from 1975 to 1987, an elector in the presidential elections in 1968, 1977 and 1983, and a political delegate to the UN in 1977 and 1987.^[6]

During her political career, Zilliacus worked particularly for gender equality and day care for children.^[4]

She married the Finnish-Swedish writer Benedict Zilliacus in 1949, who died in 2013, and has a son.^[7] Zilliacus speaks Swedish, Finnish, German, French, Estonian and English.^[8]

On 25 July 2025, Zilliacus turned 100.^[9]

Zilliacus has also appeared in a handful of feature films under the stage name Jutta Armela and in the series Matti ja Leena in the 1960s under her regular name.^[10]^[5]

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