Ms Marja Artamaa was born in Helsinki, Finland. She joined the Theosophical Society in 1978 and is a member of the third generation. As a profession she is retired ICT (Information and Communication Technology) professional, having worked for 39 years in international software companies, leading projects in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, as lead project manager and quality partner.

She has worked for the TS in several capacities in Finland for the Lodge and Finnish Section. She revived the Theosophical Order of Service in 2008 in Finland. She was the General Secretary of the Finnish Section for 8 years until in 2014 when she started as the International Secretary for the TS in Adyar.

She has planned and organized many events with teams. For example, the European Congress and Centenary of the Finnish Section in Helsinki in 2007, nine International Conventions in Adyar (yearly since 2014), and the World Congress in Singapore in 2018 and Vancouver, Canada, in 2025.

Marja has also been a member of the Council of the Naarden International Theosophical Center (ITC) in the Netherlands for 14 years (until 2009), and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation from 1987, being its Treasurer from 1998 until 2014.

Marja thinks that every task that there is for theosophy, is a chance to serve and to learn and to discover.