Florence Vilén (born December 30, 1941, Stockholm, Sweden), cultural historian, essayist, teacher of history of art, and haikai poet. Her English work published in Haiku Harvest, The Heron’s Nest, World Haiku Review, and Mainichi Haiku in English; Swedish work in Haiku, Fri Haiku, and Blåeld. Won the Kusamakura Haiku Competition (2001). Anthologized in Susumu Takiguchi’s Wild Flowers, New Leaves: (2002), David Cobb’s Euro-haiku (2007), and Johan Bergstad’s Snödroppar / Snowdrops (2009). Secretary of the Swedish Haiku Society (2000–2014), editor of Haiku (2006–2015), and co-organizer of the Second European Haiku Conference, Vadstena, Sweden (2007). Lives in Stockholm.