Eino Hanski (17 July 1928 – 2000) was a Swedish-Finnish-Russian-Karelian author, dramatist and sculptor.

Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, Eino Hanski's father was Finnish and his mother Karelian; Russian became his main language growing up, but most of his books were written in Swedish. Hanski came to Sweden in 1942 with his mother as a refuge from the war. His father died in the war.

Eino Hanski

Hanski lived in Gothenburg but returned to the Soviet Union many times; and it is also the subject of many of his writings.

Eino Hanski

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1928 births

2000 deaths

Writers from Gothenburg

Swedish people of Finnish descent

Refugees in Sweden

Russian refugees

Soviet emigrants to Sweden

Swedish expatriates in the Soviet Union

Swedish people of Karelian descent

Swedish-language writers

Eino Hanski