- Former Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen is revealed to be the most popular Finnish celebrity.
- Current Alfa Romeo Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas comes in second place.
- The Prime Minister of Finland is the third most popular Finn.
Every country in the world owns a host of celebrities, but who is the most iconic figure from Finland? To find out, Finnish casino review site Bonusetu.com has compiled a list of the top ten most famous Finnish celebrities ranking each according to their global popularity.
Each famous Finn has been ranked by accumulating their Instagram followers, global search volumes, total Wikipedia page visits, and TikTok hashtags.
You can see the findings below.
| Finnish Celebrity | Instagram Followers | Global Volume searches | Total Wikipedia page visits | TikTok hashtags | Rank |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 2,800,000 | 318,000 | 56,433 | 535,400,000 | 1 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 3,500,000 | 511,000 | 42,720 | 352,600,000 | 2 |
| Sanna Marin | 989,000 | 965,000 | 103,459 | 174,000,000 | 3 |
| Mika Hakkinen | 338,000 | 73,000 | 18,597 | 42,400,000 | 4 |
| Tarja Turunen | 486,000 | 87,000 | 16,929 | 26,100,000 | 5 |
| Tove Jansson | N/A | 68,000 | 10,539 | 17,200,000 | 6 |
| Teemu Pukki | 205,000 | 66,000 | 8,563 | 11,900,000 | 7 |
| Teemu Selanne | 415,000 | 21,000 | 14,307 | 1,400,000 | 8 |
| Saara Aalto | 122,000 | 12,000 | 1,433 | 1,200,000 | 9 |
| Aleksander Barkov | 131,000 | 19,000 | 3,253 | 236,200 | 10 |
1. Kimi Raikkonen
The notoriously inanimate ‘Iceman’ that is Kimi Raikkonen is revealed to be the most popular Finn with the highest popularity number out of all other Finns. There are currently 535.4 million TikTok views on videos with the hashtag ‘Kimi Raikkonen’.
Raikkonen had the second-highest number of Instagram followers at 2.8 million. Now retired, Kimi was once one of the most talked about drivers in Formula One due to his frequently documented private life being sensationalised by the media.
He famously entered a powerboat race under the alias ‘James Hunt’ whilst wearing a gorilla costume to protect his identity. The sharp-witted Finn would respond to public scrutiny with this quote: “What I do in my private life doesn’t make me drive any slower”.
In 2007, this quote proved to be true as he ended up winning the world championship with Ferrari. Clearly, Kimi is still a massive icon even today, with an estimated 318,000 online global searches for him every month.
2. Valtteri Bottas
In second place is another Formula One driver, Valtteri Bottas. Bottas comes out on top with a sizeable Instagram following of 3.5 million people. The current Alfa Romero driver hasn’t won any world championships yet; however, he has stood on the podium 67 times and entered 200 Grand Prix races. Born in Nastola, Bottas learnt to drive on dangerously icy roads before taking to the Formula One tracks worldwide.
3. Sanna Marin
The third most popular Finn is the current Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin. Marin takes the top spot for the most Wikipedia page visits with a total of 103,459. She also leads global online searches, with 965,000 searches for ‘Sanna Marin’ every month.
When she took on the role of Finland’s Prime Minister, Marin was the youngest female head of government in the world at just 34 years old. Marin’s left-leaning government has been praised for its focus on climate change policies and passion for social equality.
4. Mika Hakkinen
In fourth place is yet another Formula One legend, Mika Hakkinen. Nicknamed the ‘Flying Finn’, Hakkinen won two Formula One World Championships in 1998 and 1999 for Mclaren. Despite having retired from Formula One back in 2001, Hakkinen has a sizeable presence on TikTok, with 42,829,597 videos hash-tagging his name.
5. Tarja Turunen
The fifth most popular Finn is revealed as the ex-member and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Nightwish.
After being expelled from the band in 2005, Tarja now devotes herself to her solo career. The soprano singer comes in fourth place for both the number of Instagram followers 486,000 and global search volume of 87,000.
6. Tove Jansson
In sixth place is Moomin creator Tove Jansson. The Helsinki-born author and cartoonist passed away in 2001 but left behind her legacy of books and artworks.
The continued success of the Moomins stories is evident in the 28.6 million TikTok videos with the ‘Moomins’ hashtag being watched, while videos with the hashtag ‘Tove Jansson’ have 17.2 million views.
7. Teemu Pukki
The seventh most popular Finn is Norwich City football player Teemu Pukki. Pukki has made the headlines this week as his first-minute goal secured the team fourth place in the championship.
The Kotka born centre forward player has the seventh-biggest popularity score owing to his 205,000 Instagram followers and 11.9 million video view featuring his name.
8. Teemu Selanne
Nicknamed the ‘Finnish Flash’, Teemu Selanne is the eighth most popular Finn. The ice hockey player was known to be a Ferrari on skates, his speed making him arguably one of the best Finnish players of all time. Selanne has the fifth highest Instagram followers out of anyone else on the list at 415,000.
9. Saara Aalto
Saara Aalto is the ninth most popular celebrity born in Finland. The Finnish singer is famous for her appearances on the UK X Factor, The Voice of Finland and her representation of Finland in the 2011 Eurovision song contest.
The singer is still a popular Finnish icon with 122,000 Instagram followers and a monthly global search volume of 12,000 every month.
10. Aleksander Barkov
The tenth most popular Finnish celebrity is Aleksander Barkov, captain of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. Barkov is the all-time top-scoring active Finnish player in the NHL.
The ice hockey player has a respectable 131,000 followers on Instagram and 19,000 total Wikipedia page visits.
A spokesperson from Bonusetu.com commented on the study:
“It is nice to see a mixture of professions on the list, but sports personalities seem to be the most popular celebrities to come from Finland. Finland has produced many successful Formula One drivers, and even those who have retired have more global popularity than other Finnish personalities. It will be interesting to see if any young Finnish drivers gain the same popularity in the future.”
