Henrik Tikkanen
Finnish-Swedish author
Born
Sep 09, 1924 (101)
Birth Place
Helsinki
Nationality
Finland
Died
1984-05-19
About
Georg Henrik Tikkanen was a Finland-Swedish author, known primarily for anti-war literature. Several of his works are either autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. Though Finnish, he published primarily in his mother tongue, Swedish. He was born and lived much of his life in Helsinki, and died of leukemia in Espoo. He was married to the Finnish writer MΓ€rta Tikkanen.