Finland framstäldt i teckningar (in English ''Finland presented in drawings'') is a series of booklets published between 1845 and 1852, containing

lithographs Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by ...

of famous places in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

with short descriptions, mainly edited by

Zacharias Topelius Zacharias Topelius (; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although th ...

. The illustrations have had a significant role in the history of

Finnish art Finnish art started to form its individual characteristics in the 19th century when romantic nationalism began to rise in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. Prehistoric art Marks of human activity in Finland has found in Susiluola, Krist ...

and

patriotism Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country or state. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, politic ...

. The publication was republished by

Society of Swedish Literature in Finland The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (; SLS) is a scholarly society for the collection, archiving and dissemination of knowledge about Finland-Swedish culture. SLS publishes scholarly literature, maintains archives and libraries, funds r ...

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 Johan Knutson (28 September 1816, Allerum - 13 September 1899, Helsinki) was a Swedish-born Finnish landscape painter. Life and work He studied in Copenhagen in 1838, then in the lithography department at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art ...

48 illustrations *

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf Pehr is a predominantly Swedish language masculine give name and may refer to: *Pehr Adlerfelt (1680–1743), Swedish Army colonel *Pehr von Afzelius (1760–1843), Swedish medical doctor and professor * Pehr Victor Edman (1916—1977), Swedish bi ...

31 illustrations *

Magnus von Wright Magnus von Wright (13 June 1805 – 5 July 1868) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-Finnish painter and educator. In addition to bird illustrations, he was also known for his landscapes. He was one of the four sibling Von Wri ...

17 illustrations * Lennart Forstén 14 illustrations * Adolf Wilhelm Lindeström 5 illustrations *

Torsten Wilhelm Forstén Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and diff ...

1 illustration *

Jacob Boström Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

1 illustration *

Erik Westerling The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Nor ...

1 illustration

References

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Finland framställdt i teckningar
republished 2011 at topelius.sls.fi 1845 non-fiction books Books by Zacharias Topelius Finnish books Picture books