Claire Aho

Born in Helsinki, Claire Aho was the daughter of Finnish film director Heikki Aho (son of the Finnish national author Juhani Aho and his artist wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt).

Claire's mother, Dinah Selkina, was Lithuanian-born dancer.

She started her career in the 1940s at the Aho & Soldan company, owned by her family.

[1] Aho moved to Sweden in 1974 where she worked as a photographer for several newspapers including Hufvudstadsbladet and with Nordic Museum.

Claire Aho died in Stockholm on 29 November 2015 in a fire in her home.