Career
Foreign the Swedish musician with the same name, see Åke Hellman (musician). He has worked as art teacher at the University of Helsinki. In 1963, he received the order of the Lion of Finland.
Åke Hellman was married to the painter Karin Hellman, née Wisuri, who was 11 days older, until her death on 25 February 2004.
Människan och målaren ("The Human and the Painter"), a biography of Hellman written by Ulla-Lena Lundberg and Erik Kruskopf, was published until Hellman"s 90th birthday in 2005. Hellman turned 100 on 19 July 2015.