Arvid Järnefelt (16 November 1861, in ,

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– 27 December 1932, in

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) was a Finnish

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and writer. Arvid's parents were general and governor August Aleksander Järnefelt and

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(''née'' Clodt von Jürgensburg). Arvid had nine siblings: Kasper, Erik, Ellida, Ellen,

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, Aino, Hilja and Sigrid. Arvid Järnefelt married Emilia Fredrika Parviainen at

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on 6 September 1884. They had five children: Eero, Liisa, Anna, Maija, and Emmi. Eero became later diplomat and Ambassador. Järnefelt became a famous author in the late 19th century. He wrote realistic, often tendentious but psychologically insightful novels, short stories and memoirs. Järnefelt was among the founders of the cultural magazine ''

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'' which was launched in 1880. In 1889 Arvid founded the newspaper ''

Päivälehti ''Päivälehti'' was a newspaper in Finland, which was then a Grand Duchy under the Czar of Russia. The paper was founded in 1889 as the organ of the Young Finnish Party and was published on six days a week. The founding company of the paper was S ...

'' with his friends

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and

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. ''Päivälehti'' was succeeded by ''

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'' in 1904. Arvid Järnefelt became interested in

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, influenced by his mother Elisabeth. He had studied

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and 1891 became a trainee lawyer in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

. At the time, he read the writings of Russian author

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and became a fan of

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ism. Arvid quit his career as a lawyer and began to live as a Tolstoyan; he became a farmer at Virkkala. He also helped the poor and prisoners. One of his plays, '' Kuolema'' (''Death'') (1903, revised 1911), had

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composed by his brother-in-law

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, which includes the famous '' Valse triste''.

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