''Vehkalahden neidot'' (Finnish: ''The Maidens of Vehkalahti'') is a 1971 historical novel by Finnish author
Kaari Utrio
Kaari Marjatta Utrio (born 28 July 1942, official surname Utrio-Linnilä, formerly Virkajärvi) is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree ...
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The story is fiction that takes place in the mid-1400s and is set up in the context of
squires of Vehkalahti, somewhat anachronistically since these local lords were in 1400s yet similar noblemen like others of the tax-exempt
rälssi
The Finnish nobility ( fi, Aateli; sv, Adel) was historically a privileged class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire. Noble families and their descendants are still a part of Finnish republican society, ...
class of Sweden. Only later, between c. 1690 and 1784, their descendants, heirs, were the anomalously-situated
knaappi i.e squire group.
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Novels by Kaari Utrio
1971 novels
Tammi (company) books
20th-century Finnish novels
Finnish historical novels
Novels set in the 15th century
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