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Björkudden ( fi, Koivuniemi) is a manor house in
Björkudden ( fi, Koivuniemi) is a manor house in Östersundom
Östersundom (previously known in Finnish as ''Itäsalmi'') is a subdistrict of Helsinki, Finland, near to the border of Sipoo. The area previously belonged to the municipality of Sipoo, but it was annexed to Helsinki on January 1, 2009 as part of ...
, Helsinki
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, Finland
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, designed by the architect Wilhelm Linsén and built in the mid-19th century. Koivuniemi was the home of the Finnish writer and historian Zacharias Topelius
Zachris Topelius (, ; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history.
Given name
Zacharias is his baptismal name, and this ...
. After his death it returned to the previous owners and is to the present owned by the Lilius Lilius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Lilius family
* Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510–1576) principal author of the Gregorian Calendar
** Lilius (crater), named after him
* Franciszek Lilius (c. 1600–1657), Polish composer
* ...
family.
Well known guests of Koivuniemi include the poet Carl Snoilsky
Count Carl Johan Gustaf Snoilsky (8 September 1841 – 19 May 1903) was a Swedish lyric poet, known for his realist poetry.
Biography
Snoilsky was born in Stockholm to Sigrid (née Banér), a painter and countess, and Nils Snoilsky, a Justi ...
, writer and the social activist Alexandra Gripenberg
Alexandra Gripenberg, also known as Alexandra van Grippenberg, (1857 – 24 December 1913) was a Finnish social activist, author, editor, newspaper publisher, and elected politician, and was a leading voice within the movement for women's rights ...
.
Sources
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070224013520/http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/SIDOR/TEXTER/PROSA/NF/topelinf.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20090912100820/http://sivut.sipooinstituutti.net/kotiseutu/vasen.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20080926133100/http://www.sls.fi/topelius/biografi.htm * http://www.histdoc.net/varia/mechelin1888sv.html * http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/4437 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080926133100/http://www.sls.fi/topelius/biografi.htmReferences