Seitsemän veljestä is the first and only novel by Aleksis Kivi, the national author of Finland. It is widely regarded as the first significant novel written in Finnish and by a Finnish-speaking author
The young and unruly seven brothers depicted in a 1970 postage stamp
Knight and the Snake King, Illustration for Seitsemän veljestä by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907
The Seven Brothers on top of a Boulder by Antti Favén [fi] in 1910
Nurmijärvi is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Nurmijärvi is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Nurmijärvi is approximately 45,000. It is the
Seitsemän veljestä
…comparable to the richness and multilevelness of Kivi's work began to appear only in the next century. The novel is referenced in the coat of arms of the Nurmijärvi municipality, Kivi's birthplace. The coat of arms is described as following: “in the blue field, the heads of seven golden-haired young men set 2+3+2.” Designed by…
Like many other rural communities, one of Nurmijärvi's most important sources of income has always been agriculture. The picture is from 1954 in Nurmijärvi.
Aleksis Kiven tie, one of the main streets of Nurmijärvi's centre in January 2020.