Anders Johan Sjögren (also spelled Andreas Johan Sjögren, in Russian also known as Andrei Mikhailovich Shëgren, Андре́й Миха́йлович Шёгрен; May 8, 1794 in Iitti, Finland – January 18, 1855 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer, historian and explorer.

Sjögren was the son of a shoemaker from the village of Sitikkala in the Iitti municipality in southeastern Finland, in those times (until 1809) part of Sweden but close to the Russian border.

[1][2] With support from the local clergy, the gifted boy could learn Swedish (the language of the education system in Finland at those times) and go to school in Loviisa and Porvoo, then to university in Turku, where he graduated in 1819.

During his studies he was inspired by Herderian Romantic Nationalism and started collecting Finnish folk poetry.

[3] In 1819, Sjögren moved to St. Petersburg, aspiring to a scholarship for conducting research with the Finno-Ugric languages and peoples of Russia.