Anton Schiefner 1852

Anton Schiefner (1817–1879), who was a member of The Saint…

The earliest excerpts in Swedish

The great work by Elias Lönnrot, Kalewala, taikka wanhoja Karjalan…

Carl Niclas Keckman 1836

People who translate the Kalevala are often very diligent workers,…

Lönnrot answers Le Duc’s questions

Those who started to translate the Kalevala around the mid-19th…

Kalevala translations in Lönnrot’s lifetime

It is somehow fascinating to think that Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884)…