Ilona Harima (4 March 1911 – 9 June 1986) was a Finnish artist whose paintings expressed deep oriental spirituality.

In her youth she made a study trip to Paris and another one to Italy, taking care to seek also oriental art collections.

[2] Ilona Harima painted mostly small-scale detailed works in gouache and watercolour on paper and parchment often mounted on old brocades.

Harima was unique in the Finnish art world in showing very openly her spiritual personality through her paintings.

[2]: 42, 60  Divine figures and angels, enlightened humans but also suffering and compassionate individuals are the main subjects of Harima's works.

[2]: 32, 58  She had noticed kinship with the works of this young Finnish painter, urged her to study Rudolf Steiner and was interested in meeting her to discuss spiritual matters.

The Finnish National Gallery Ateneum presented a small but informative selection of her works in 2011-2012 commemorating the hundredth anniversary of her birth.

Ilona Harima met the like-minded young architect Erkki Rautiala in theosophical circles.

Their only child, a daughter, was born in 1941.They lived permanently in Helsinki spending summers at the family villa in the nearby archipelago by the sea.