Johan Ludwig Runeberg

Johan Ludwig Runeberg (1804-1877) was the national poet of Finland, born at Jacobstad. He was educated at, and afterwards lectured in, the university of Abo. He published his first volume, "Lyric Poems," in 1830. He edited a bi-weekly paper. For forty years (till his death) he was Reader of Roman Literature in the College of Borga. His epic idylls, "The Elk Hunters," "Christmas Eve," his epic "King Fjalar," &c., are the finest poems in the Swedish language, which are characterised by a repose, simplicity, and artistic finish, yet have withal the warmth of national life in them.

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