Thekla (Tekla) Johanna Virginia Hultin (18 April 1864 – 31 March 1943 in Helsinki) was a Finnish journalist, politician and feminist.

She was the second woman to receive a doctorate in Finland, and the first to be awarded a Ph.D.[1][2] Tekla Hultin was born in Jaakkima (modern-day Russia) to a family of five children.

In spring 1891, she received her Master's degree and became a journalist with the Helsinki newspaper Dagbladet [fi].

She published books for Suomalaisuuden herätys and wrote (among others) the biography of Leo Mechelin.

[2] Hultin served as a Member of Parliament for the Western Electoral District of Viipuri Province from 1908 to 1924.