Finland framstäldt i teckningar (in English ''Finland presented in drawings'') is a series of booklets published between 1845 and 1852, containing lithographs of famous places in Finland with short descriptions, mainly edited by Zacharias Topelius. The illustrations have had a significant role in the history of Finnish art and

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. The publication was republished by

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in 2011 and is freely available digitally. Topelius's similar historical-geographical works include En resa i Finland (A ''journey in Finland'', 1872–1874) and Boken om vårt land (''The book about our country'', 1875).

Artists

120 illustrations were published, created by the following artists: * Johan Knutson 48 illustrations * Pehr Adolf Kruskopf 31 illustrations * Magnus von Wright 17 illustrations * Lennart Forstén 14 illustrations * Adolf Wilhelm Lindeström 5 illustrations * Torsten Wilhelm Forstén 1 illustration * Jacob Boström 1 illustration * Erik Westerling 1 illustration

References

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