Johan Ludvig Runeberg
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to Vårt land. Runeberg was
Portrait by Albert Edelfelt (1893)
Statue of Johan Ludvig Runeberg on Esplanadi in Helsinki, Finland
Runeberg torte
Fredrika Runeberg
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Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg was a Finnish novelist and journalist. She was a pioneer of Finnish historical fiction and one of the first woman journalists in Finland.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
…ignominiously lost Finland to Russia, and by the order of Alexander I, the Grand Duchy of Finland was established. He was married to his second cousin Fredrika Runeberg, née Tengström, who wrote poems and novels. They were the parents of eight children, including the sculptor Walter Runeberg, who was their eldest son…
Runeberg in 1846