Kalle (Karl) Johansson, better known as Eno Kalle or Eno-Kalle Runolinna (1884–1941)
was a Finnish poet who lived mainly in the village of
Lepsämä in
Nurmijärvi,
Finland. Eno Kalle wrote songs and
broadside ballads which were also published in printed booklets. He also toured himself to present his ballads. A total of 14 ballads were born, covering topics such as love, war,
liquor
Liquor (or a spirit) is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar, that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Other terms for liquor include: spirit drink, distilled beverage or hard ...
and
prohibition, travel and the shipwreck of the
SS Kuru
SS ''Kuru'' was a steam ship which sank on 7 September 1929 in the lake Näsijärvi, in Tampere, Finland.
The sinking is still the most severe maritime disaster in Finnish lakes or rivers. It led to the loss of 136 lives, according to the passeng ...
in 1929.
Even the
Simola croft's massacre of
Klaukkala
Klaukkala (; sv, Klövskog , ) is the southern-most urban area ( fi, taajama) of the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland, located near Lake Valkjärvi. It is the largest urban area in Nurmijärvi, and despite the fact that it officially ...
in 1899 also ended up being the subject of ballad.
References
* Fennica Suomen kansallisbibliografia
Notes
External links
The broadside ballad collection from the library of the Jyväskylä University: Kalle Juhonpoika, Kalle Johansson
Photograph of Eno Kalle by Elias Sirenius, circa 1920, from the collections of the Nurmijärvi Museum
1884 births
1941 deaths
People from Nurmijärvi
Finnish male poets
19th-century Finnish poets
20th-century Finnish poets
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