Mona Schalin

Mona Margherita Schalin (born January 28, 1954, in Helsinki) is a Finnish architect and Academician of Arts. Schalin studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and graduated in 1987. She is one of the partners in Kati Salonen and Mona Schalin Architects, which was founded in 2003. 

Schalin specialises in the design of demanding renovation projects and issues related to the preservation of the built environment. Schalin's best-known work is the renovation of Käärmetalo (Serpentine House) in Käpylä, Helsinki, for which he was the lead designer. The renovation won the Finlandia Prize for Architecture in 2018 and was nominated for the European Union's Mies van der Rohe Award in 2022.

The President of the Republic awarded Schalin the honorary title of Academician of Arts on 24 October 2025. There can only be eleven Academicians of Arts at a time, one of whom may be an architect. The previous Academician Vilhelm Helander died in January 2025.