
Antti Rannanjärvi (born 4 April 1828,
Ylihärmä
Ylihärmä is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Kortesjärvi, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The ...
– 12 August 1882, Ylihärmä) was a
Finnish farmer and
puukkojunkkari, who led a gang of criminals together with
Antti Isotalo.
Rannanjärvi continued to make trouble in the later part of his life but did not have to face the authorities. He was killed by Erkki Fränti, called "Prännin Erkki" by the locals.
Rannanjärvi is nowadays best remembered from the song ''Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi''.
See also
* ''
The Tough Ones''
* ''
Härmä''
References
External links
Tourism directory of Ostrobothnia
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1828 births
1882 deaths
19th-century criminals from the Russian Empire
19th-century Finnish criminals
Finnish male criminals
People from Ylihärmä
People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)