Johan Ludvig Runeberg
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg 🇫🇮

Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Known as "Runeberg")
National Poet of Finland, Author of The Tales of Ensign Stål and National Anthem
Born 1804-02-05 🇫🇮 Jakobstad, Finland
Passed Away 1877-05-06 Porvoo, Finland
Lifespan 73 years old
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"Our land, our land, our fatherland! Ring loudly, dear word! No hill that meets the heaven's strand is loved as our northland."

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National poet of Finland whose epic cycle Fänrik Ståls sägner (The Tales of Ensign Stål) contained 'Vårt land' (Our Land), which became Finland's national anthem (Maamme).

Biographical Record

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was born on February 5, 1804, in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) into a Finland-Swedish sea captain's family. Educated at the Imperial Academy of Turku, he served as a lector in Greek and Roman literature at the gymnasium in Porvoo.

Runeberg inspired Finnish patriotism with epic poems like Elgskyttarne (The Elk Shooters) and Kung Fjalar. His immortal masterpiece, the two-part ballad cycle Fänrik Ståls sägner (The Tales of Ensign Stål, 1848 and 1860), chronicled the heroic Finnish War of 1808–1809 against Russia; its opening poem 'Vårt land' was set to music by Fredrik Pacius and adopted as the national anthem. On his birthday, February 5, Finland celebrates Runeberg's Day by eating traditional almond Runeberg tarts.

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Final Resting Place

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Näsinmäki Cemetery
Porvoo, Finland
GPS: 60.3950, 25.6550
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