Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was born on 5 February 1804 in Jakobstad, the son of the ship's captain Lorenz Ulrik Runeberg. A student at Åbo in 1822 and a master of arts in 1827, he was appointed docent of Latin eloquence in Helsinki in 1830, where he frequented the Saturday Society alongside Snellman and Lönnrot, and edited a literary journal from 1832 to 1837. In 1831 he married Fredrika Tengström, who also wrote. Professor of classical literature at the Porvoo lyceum from 1837, he suffered a stroke while hunting in 1863 and lived as an invalid until his death on 6 May 1877.

In the catalogue 1

• PoetryThe Tales of Ensign StålFänrik Ståls sägnerJohan Ludvig Runeberg · 1860LiteraturePublic domain