Helge Seppälä was born on November 8, 1924 in Jyväskylä, Finland as Helge Emil Seppälä. He is known for his work on The Memory of Greater Finland - When Finland Captured Eastern Karelia 1941-44 (1991), Sodan ja rauhan miehet (1978) and Jatkosota (1982). He was married to Sirkka Maria Kihl. He died on May 1, 2017 in Espoo, Finland.