# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-koivu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:45:49.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-koivu"
name: "Rudolf Koivu"
slug: "rudolf-koivu"
description: "Rudolf Koivu (1890–1946) was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children, which are enduringly and timelessly popular. He was born in St. Petersburg. He illustrated stories by Zacharias Topelius, Anni Swan and Hans Christian Andersen, among others. Koivu died in Helsinki in 1946.\nIn his honor, the Rudolf Koivu Prize was established in 1949. It is awarded biennially to Finnish illustrators of children's books."
tagline: "Finnish painter, illustrator and writer (1890–1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuvittaja%2C_taidemaalari_Rudolf_Koivu.tiff?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1890-12-24"
deathDate: "1946-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             3.57142857142857
  historical:           7.007524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ed319fa-6562-437a-b3dc-87379685cf33"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "رودولف كويفو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "رودولف كويفو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Koivu"
    title: "Rudolf Koivu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Koivu"
    title: "Rudolf Koivu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%83%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Койву, Рудольф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Koivu"
    title: "Rudolf Koivu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%83"
    title: "Рудольф Койву"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2340377"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump