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List Of Finnish Writers
A list of Finnish writers: A *Marja-Sisko Aalto *Uma Aaltonen *Aapeli * Kari Aartoma *Umayya Abu-Hanna * Aino Ackté * Gösta Ågren *Juhani Aho *Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo *Johan Jacob Ahrenberg *Risto Ahti *Outi Alanne *Santeri Alkio *Marianne Alopaeus *Claes Andersson * Tuuve Aro *Adolf Ivar Arwidsson B * Tapani Bagge * Veijo Baltzar * Maria Berg *Kersti Bergroth * Hassan Blasim * Caj Bremer C * Walter de Camp *Minna Canth *Kristina Carlson *Bo Carpelan * Fredrik Cygnaeus D *Erik Dahlberg E * Albert Eerola *Adelaïde Ehrnrooth * Michel Ekman * Kari Enqvist *Pekka Ervast F *Monika Fagerholm *Henrik Florinus * Tua Forsström *Peter Franzén * Eino Friberg *Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle G *Sami Garam * Kaarina Goldberg *Carl Axel Gottlund *Karl Jacob Gummerus * Hans Aslak Guttorm H *Hilja Haapala * Paavo Haavikko *Lucina Hagman *Simo Halinen *Jouko Halmekoski *Yrjö Halonen *Helvi Hämäläinen * Virpi Hämeen-Anttila *Eero Hämeenniemi * Eino Hanski *Anna-Leen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Ivar Arwidsson
Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (7 August 1791 – 21 June 1858) was a Finnish political journalist, writer and historian. His writing was critical of Finland's status at the time as a Grand Duchy under the Russian Tsars. Its sharpness cost him his job as a lecturer at The Royal Academy of Turku and he had to emigrate to Sweden, where he continued his political activity. The Finnish national movement considered Arwidsson the mastermind of an independent Finland. Life Adolf Ivar Arwidsson was born in 1791 in Padasjoki in southern Finland. His father, a chaplain, later moved the family to Laukaa in mid-Finland. Laukaa was severely affected by the Finnish war of 1808–1809, and Arwidsson was left facing life under the Russian Empire, to which Finland now an belonged as an autonomous Grand Duchy. In 1809, while still at high school in Porvoo, Arwidsson was a representative at the Diet of Porvoo, at which the Finnish estates swore oaths of allegiance to the Tsars. Enabling support from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Eerola
Johan Albert Eerola (28 April 1874, in Tuulos – 3 October 1950) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ... from 1924 to 1927 and again from 1939 to 1945, representing the National Coalition Party. References 1874 births 1950 deaths People from Hämeenlinna People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1924–27) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–45) Finnish people of World War II {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Dahlberg
'' Count Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh (10 October 162516 January 1703) was a Sweden, Swedish military engineer, Governor-general and Field marshal. He rose to the level of nobility through his military competence. As an architect and draftsman, he was renowned for fortification works. He is most known for his collection of engravings ''Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna'', a collection of engravings of topographical research. Biography Erik Dahlbergh was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His early studies involved the science of fortification. Orphaned at an early age, Dahlbergh's studies qualified him as a scribe and in 1641 he found employment in Hamburg with Gerdt Rehnskiöld (1610−1658), senior accountant for Pommern and Mecklenburg. Over a six year period, he was taught the fundamentals in draughtsmanship. While learning these skills, he also studied mathematics, architecture, perspective and map drawing. He saw service as an engineer officer during the latter years of the Thirty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Cygnaeus
Fredrik Cygnaeus (1 April 1807 – 7 February 1881) was a Finnish poet, art critic and collector, docent of history and university professor of aesthetics and literature. Cygnaeus was an influential figure in Finnish art and literature, contributed to Finnish nationalism and was a central person in the Fennoman movement (''Fennomani''). Biography Cygnaeus was born at Hämeenlinna, Finland. He was the son of Zacharias Cygnaeus and Margaret Karolina Aejmalaeus. He was born in wealthy aristocratic family, his grandfather and father were both bishops, and his father was invited to St. Petersburg as a bishop for the Lutheran parishes. Fredrik Cygnaeus attended schools in St. Petersburg, learned foreign languages and received European influences. In 1823 he returned to Finland and attended Imperial Alexander University in Turku. He graduated as a Master of Philosophy in 1832 and taught in schools in Hamina (1833–1837) and Helsinki (1839–1843). Cygnaeus traveled extensively i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Carpelan
Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories. In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. He was the first person to have received the Finlandia Prize twice (in 1993 and 2005). He won the 2006 European Prize for Literature. His poem, ''Winter was Hard'', was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen. He also wrote the libretto for Erik Bergman's only opera, '' Det sjungande trädet''. Carpelan died of cancer on 11 February 2011. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. He was a member of the Finnish noble family Carpelan. Carpelan went to Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then studied history of literature at University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Carlson
Kristina Carlson (born 31 July 1949 in Helsinki), also known by her pen name Mari Lampinen, is a Finnish novelist, poet and writer. Her novels include ''Maan ääreen'', ''Herra Darwinin puutarhuri'' and ''William N. Päiväkirja''. She has also written several books for young adults. Carlson lives in Helsinki. Selected works * ''Maan ääreen'' (''To the End of the Earth'', 1999; winner of Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious ... for Fiction) * ''Herra Darwinin puutarhuri'' (''Mr Darwin's Gardener'', 2009) * ''William N. Päiväkirja'' (''William N. Diary'', 2011) References 1949 births Living people Writers from Helsinki Finnish women novelists 20th-century Finnish women writers 21st-century Finnish women writers International Writing Program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minna Canth
Minna Canth (; born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson; 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. ''The Worker's Wife'' and ''The Pastor's Family'' are her best known plays, but the play ''Anna Liisa'' is the most adapted to the films and operas. In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view. Minna Canth was the first major Finnish-language playwright and prose writer after Aleksis Kivi, the national author of Finland, and the first Finnish-language newspaper woman. She was also the first woman to receive her own flag flying day in Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter De Camp
Walter de Camp (born ''Kari Lempinen''; d. 5 April 2017) was a Finland, Finnish writer. He wrote about partying, restaurants and celebrities in the Finnish City (magazine), City magazine. There is also a drink named Walter de Camp after the writer. It was designed by Jasu Piasecki after the short description given by the writer: "It has to contain whiskey, be a short drink and taste really good." Bibliography * 1997 ''Fetissikirja'' (Finnish for ''Fetish book'') * 2002 ''123 ja 1/2 ikuisuuskysymystä ja -vastausta kaupungin yöstä'' References 20th-century births 2017 deaths Finnish writers {{Finland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caj Bremer
Carl-Johan (Caj) Bremer (born February 22, 1929) is a Finnish photographer and photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such .... He published his memoirs ''Exploits of a Blunderer'' in 2001. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki in 2010. References Finnish photographers Photojournalists Artists from Helsinki 1929 births Living people {{Finland-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Blasim
Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and writer. He writes in Arabic. He is a citizen of Finland. Blasim left Iraq in 2000 to escape persecution for his films, including ''The Wounded Camera'', filmed in the Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...ish area in northern Iraq and about the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling in Europe for four years, he settled in Finland in 2004, where he was granted asylum. He made four short films for the Finnish broadcasting company Yle. His short story collection ''The Madman of Freedom Square'' was long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2010. His book ''The Iraqi Christ'', translated from Arabic to English by Jonathan Wright, was published by Comma Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersti Bergroth
Kersti Solveig Bergroth (24 January 1886 – 24 January 1975) was a Finnish author and playwright. Career Bergroth was known to have been linguistically gifted. She wrote in Swedish until 1920, translated English and French literature to Finnish and also spoke German. She is best remembered for having written popular plays ''Anu ja Mikko'' and ''Kuparsaare Antti'' using a Karelian dialect. During her career, she released around 70 books, including novels, memoirs, children's stories and poems. Bergroth was also noted for collaborating five times with film director Valentin Vaala. Using the pseudonym Tet, she wrote the film scripts for ''Morsian yllättää'' (1941), ''Tositarkoituksella'' (1943), ''Dynamiittityttö'' (1944), ''Vuokrasulhanen'' (1945) and ''Viikon tyttö'' (1946). All of those films were light-hearted comedies starring the actress Lea Joutseno. Later life The post-war generation of new authors did not appreciate Kersti Bergroth's work, and she received negative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
