Satu Rämö

Rämö holds a Master of Science in Economics (kauppatieteiden maisteri) and a Bachelor of Arts (humanististen tieteiden kandidaatti).^[1]

Rämö was the top-selling Finnish author in 2023,^[3] with her Hildur detective series selling almost 330,000 copies (counting all editions).^[4] Roughly estimated, her yearly book sales were worth 426,000 euros.^[5] As of September 2024, the publishing rights for the Hildur series had been sold to 17 countries, including Germany, France, the Nordics and the UK.^[6]

In 2015 Rämö won Finnish travelling magazine Mondo's Travel Book of the Year Award for her work Islantilainen voittaa aina (in English, Icelander Always Wins).^[7]

In 2025 The Clues in the Fjord, an English translation of Hildur, won the Petrona Award 2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel. It was translated into English by Kristian London.^[8]

Born in Forssa, Finland, Rämö lives with her Icelandic spouse Björgvin Hilmarsson and their two children in Ísafjörður, Iceland.^[1][9]

Rämö's published works include:^[10]

• Mondo Islanti, Image Kustannus & A-Kustannus (2008, 2013) ISBN 978-952-5678-48-2
• Vuoden mutsi, Otava (2012) (with Katja Lahti) ISBN 978-951-1-28274-7
• Vuoden mutsi 2, Otava (2014) (with Katja Lahti) ISBN 978-951-1-27829-0
• Islantilainen voittaa aina, WSOY (2015) ISBN 978-951-0-40965-7
• My Journey to Iceland, Odinseye Publishing (2016)
• Unelmahommissa, WSOY (2017) (with Hanne Valtari) ISBN 978-951-0-41935-9
• Tripsteri Islanti, Readme (2017) ISBN 978-952-321-511-5
• Islantilainen kodinonni, WSOY (2018) ISBN 978-951-0-43063-7
• Viesti perille!, Edita Publishing (2019) (E-book) ISBN 978-951-37-7488-2
• Kynä - Kaikki tärkeä kirjoittamisesta, Tuuma-kustannus (2020) (With Mirjami Haimelin) ISBN 978-952-370-010-9.
• Kynä - Tehtäviä oman äänen löytämiseen, Tuuma-kustannus (2020) (with Mirjami Haimelin) ISBN 978-952-370-011-6.
• Unelmaduunarin tilipäivä, WSOY (2020) (with Hanne Valtari) ISBN 978-951-0-44710-9.
• Talo maailman reunalla, WSOY (2021) ISBN 978-951-0-46251-5
• Siggan ja Satun islantilaiset villapaidat, WSOY (2022) (with Sigríður Sif “Sigga” Gylfadóttir) ISBN 978-951-0-48794-5.

The Hildur detective series:

• Hildur, Helsinki: WSOY (2022) ISBN 978-951-0-47920-9.
  (English translation by Kristian London: The Clues in the Fjord ISBN 978-1-804-18840-8, Zaffre 2024)
• Rósa & Björk, Helsinki: WSOY (2023) ISBN 978-951-0-48127-1.
  (English translation by Kristian London: The Grave in the Ice ISBN 978-1-804-18847-7, Zaffre 2025)
• Jakob, Helsinki: WSOY (2023) ISBN 978-951-0-48124-0.
  (English translation by Kristian London: The Shadow of the Northern Lights ISBN 978-1-804-18843-9, Zaffre 2025)
• Rakel, Helsinki: WSOY (2024) ISBN 978-951-0-50733-9.
  (English translation by Kristian London: The Secrets from the Deep ISBN 978-1-806-17274-0, Zaffre 2026)
• Tinna, Helsinki: WSOY (2025) ISBN 978-951-0-50852-7.
  (English translation by Kristian London: The Stranger from the Mountains ISBN 978-1-806-17276-4, Zaffre 2026)