Zachris Topelius
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Zacharias Topelius 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, a
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Together with Johan Ludvig Runeberg in 1863
![Albert Edelfelt's illustration of Adalmina's Pearl, a fairy tale by Topelius[citation needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Albert_Edelfelt_-_Illustration_of_Adalmina%E2%80%99s_Pearl_-_A_II_1519-11_-_Finnish_National_Gallery.jpg/500px-Albert_Edelfelt_-_Illustration_of_Adalmina%E2%80%99s_Pearl_-_A_II_1519-11_-_Finnish_National_Gallery.jpg)
Albert Edelfelt's illustration of Adalmina's Pearl, a fairy tale by Topelius[citation needed]
The first page of Finnish-language The Birch and the Star (Koivu ja tähti) from 1893
Hietaniemi Cemetery
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The Hietaniemi cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and
Zachris Topelius
…Pacius and Lars-Erik Larsson. Topelius died in his manor house in Koivuniemi, Sipoo, Finland, where he had continued to write. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. According to tradition, the modern flag of Finland was based on a design by Topelius in about 1860…
Hietaniemi cemetery
An aerial photograph of the section in the cemetery where soldiers killed in the Second World War are buried
Grave of Zacharias Topelius
A road at Hietaniemi cemetery