Urho Karhumäki (June 7, 1891,

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– February 26, 1947,

Vihti Vihti (; sv, Vichtis) is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately northwest of the capital city Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...

) was a

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poet. In 1936 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Avoveteen" ("Into free water").

Some works

*Syöttöpaikassa, 1929 *Kymi nousee, 1930 *Herpmanin pojat, 1931 *Kerhoista ja kotoa, 1931 *Juoksijan rata, 1932 *Korpiherra, 1932 *Hiihtäjän latu, 1933 *Ukkonen uhkaa, 1934 *Elämännälkä, 1935 *Tuli ja leimaus, 1935 *Vorttuuna ja Tiapolo, 1935 *Avoveteen, 1936 *Elämän kouluun, 1936 *A.I.V.-rehua, 1938 *Testamentti, 1938 *Yli rajan, 1938 *Työ Suomen Hyväks', 1939 *Tunturille, 1940 *Miesten matkassa, 1941 *Voittajana maaliin, 1942 *Rantasuon raivaajat, 1943 *Terve sielu terveessä ruumiissa, 1944 *Viulu ja posetiivi, 1944 *Kylä järven rannalla, 1945 *Valitut teokset, 1960

References

Sources

Biography in Biographykeskus
*Suomen elämäkerrasto. Helsinki, 1955. page 373. Ilmari Heikinheimo

External links

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Kansallisbiografia
1891 births 1947 deaths Finnish male poets Olympic gold medalists in art competitions 20th-century Finnish poets Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century male writers Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Finland-writer-stub