Maria Elisabeth Silfvan, as married Lempke and then Westerlund, in Swedish called Maria Sylvan, (25 March 1802 in Turku – 10 September 1865 in Oulu), was a Finnish actress, among the first professional native actors in Finland.
Bonnevier, who was given permission by the Russian emperor, to build a simple theatre house in the city.
Maria Silfvan was employed by Bonuvier in an unknown time, and was reportedly discovered when selling tickets and candy to the visitors of the theatre.
In 1825, she married the actor Evert Lempke and with him employed at the troupes of Anders Petter Berggren and then Carl Wilhelm Westerlund.
Among her parts were the title role of Johanna af Montfaucon by Kotzebue, Ophelia in "Hamlet", Emma von Falkenstein in "Korsfararne" (Crusaders) by Kotzebue and Siri Brahe in Siri Brahe och Johan Gyllenstierna by Gustav III of Sweden.