Editing Porvoo (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Albert Edelfelt - Porvoonjoessa Uivia Poikia.jpg|thumb|150px|''Boys Swimming in the Porvoo River'' by [[Albert Edelfelt]], 1886]]
[[File:Johan Ludwig Runeberg bw.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Johan Ludwig Runeberg]], 1893]]

*[[Remu Aaltonen]] (born 1948), a Finnish drummer and singer.
*[[Carl Johan Adlercreutz]] (1757–1815), a Swedish (Finnish) general and statesman
*[[Johan Bäckman]] (born 1971), a Finnish political activist and legal sociologist
*[[Hjalmar Dahl]] (1891–1960), a Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author.
*[[Albert Edelfelt]] (1854–1905), a Finland-Swedish painter with a his naturalistic, [[Realism (arts)|Realist]] approach.
*[[Siri von Essen]] (1850–1912), a Swedish-speaking Finnish noblewoman and actress.
*[[Alva Forsius]] (1866–1935), social worker and midwife; established the town's first maternity home
* [[Tua Forsström]] (born 1947), a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish. 
*[[Cyanide (gamer)|Lauri Happonen]] (born 1993), stage name ''[[Cyanide (gamer)|Cyanide]]'', former ''[[League of Legends]]'' world champion.
*[[Klaus Härö]] (born 1971), a Finnish film director.
*[[Saara Hopea]] (1925–1984), a Finnish designer of glassware and jewellery.
*[[Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia]] (1917–1992), head of the Romanov Dynasty
*[[Gun Lanciai]] (1920–2013), a Swedish-Finnish sculptor.
*[[Olof Palme (historian)|Olof Palme]] (1884–1918), a Finnish-born Swedish historian and uncle of [[Olof Palme]], PM of Sweden 
*[[Hanna Poulsen]] (born 1984), [[Miss Finland]] 2005
*[[Johan Ludvig Runeberg]] (1804–1877), a Finnish priest, lyric and epic, national poet.
*[[Walter Runeberg]] (1838–1920) a Finnish neo-classical sculptor, son of poet [[Johan Ludvig Runeberg]]
*[[Solveig von Schoultz]] (1907–1996), a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and teacher. 
*[[Olli Soinio]] (1948–2018), film director and screenwriter
*[[Georg Magnus Sprengtporten]] (1740–1819), a Finland-Swedish politician.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Sprengtporten, Göran Magnus, Count | volume= 25 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| pages = 737&ndash;738 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten]] (1727–1786) a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of [[Georg Magnus Sprengtporten]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Sprengtporten, Jakob Magnus | volume= 25 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| page = 738 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Torsten Stålhandske]] (1593–1644), Swedish officer in the Swedish army during the [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[Beda Stjernschantz]] (1867—1910), one of the first Finnish [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] painters
*[[Seppo Telenius]] (born 1954), writer and historian
*[[Onni Tommila]] (born 1999), actor
*[[Oppi Untracht]] (1922–2008), an American master [[metalsmith]], educator, and writer
*[[Ville Vallgren]] (1855–1940), a Finnish sculptor.
*[[Osmo Antero Wiio]] (1928–2013), professor, politician, author of [[Wiio's laws]] of communication
*[[Arvid Wittenberg]] (1606–1657), Swedish count, field marshal and [[Privy Council of Sweden|privy councillor]]. 
*[[Margaretha Zetterberg]] (1733–1803), a Finnish textile and handcrafts worker.
=== Sport ===
[[File:Sami Hyypia 2012.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Sami Hyypia]], 2012]]
*[[Carl Aejemelaeus]] (1882–1935), a Finnish colonel, modern pentathlete and fencer.
*[[Torvald Appelroth]] (1902–1984), fencer, competed at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Kjell Carlström]] (born 1976), a Finnish former road racing cyclist,
*[[Sami Hyypiä]] (born 1973), former footballer with 589 club caps and captain of [[Finland national football team|Finland]] with 103 caps
*[[Sami Laakkonen]] (born 1974), [[bandy]] player; scored when [[Finland national bandy team|Finland]] first won the World Championship.
*[[Simo Lampinen]] (born 1943), a Finnish former rally driver, a former ''[[Flying Finn]]''
*[[Lauri Lehtinen]] (1908–1973), a Finnish long-distance runner, gold medallist at the controversial 5000 m race at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Adolf Lindfors]] (1879–1959), Finnish [[wrestling|wrestler]], gold medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Arthur Lindfors]] (1893–1977), a Finnish wrestler, twice silver medallist in the Greco-Roman wrestling at the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] & [[1924 Summer Olympics]]