Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg ( born February 5 or February 7, 1804 in Jakobstad; † May 6, 1877 in Porvoo ) was a Swedish writer finland. He is considered the national poet of Finland.

Life

Runeberg studied at the Academy at Turku.

He was married to his cousin Fredrika Runeberg Charlotta, born Tengström, with whom he had eight children. Fredrika also worked as a writer.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was buried in the cemetery of Porvoo ( Porvoo ).

The most famous work of Runeberg is Fänrik Štāls sägner ( " Ensign Steel" ), which was published in two parts in 1848 and 1860. It consists of 35 poems, especially heroic ballads, from the time of the Finnish war 1808-1809, which led to the cession of Finland to Russia by Sweden under the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. The first poem of it, Vårt country ( "Our Land" ), became the national anthem of Finland ( with Swedish and Finnish translated text).

Runeberg Serbian folk songs translated into Swedish. This he found to be a simple, folksong-like tone that characterizes especially the two volumes of his poetry collection Idyll och epigram ( idylls and epigrams ). Runeberg wrote hexameter idylls in Tegnérs succession and dramas.

Runeberg also worked as a teacher and lecturer, among other things, Greek, in Helsinki and Porvoo. He also wrote for the newspapers Helsingfors Morgonblad and Porvoo Tidning.

In 2004 he was put in a survey by the Finnish channel YLE after the 100 largest Finnish 57th.

To Runebergs memory assigns the town of Porvoo in 1987 on his birthday every year the Runeberg Prize.

In Finland, on February 5, the Runeberg Day (Finnish: Runebergin päivä; Swedish: Runeberg dygn ) committed. On this day, are also traditionally Runeberg tarts (Finnish: Runebergin torttuja; Swedish: Runebergstårta ) eaten.

His son Walter Magnus Runeberg was a well-known sculptor.

Works in German translation

  • Finland's heroic struggle in seals his folk poet Johann Ludwig Runeberg. Callwey Verlag, Munich 1916
  • Hanna. The Christmas Eve. Haessel Verlag, Leipzig 1925
  • Ensign steel. Söderström, Helsingfors 1955
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