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| Short Name: | Johan Ludvig Runeberg |
| Full Name: | Runeberg, Johan Ludvig, 1804-1877 |
| Birth Year: | 1804 |
| Death Year: | 1877 |
Runeberg, Johan Ludvig. (Jacobstad, Finland, February 5, 1804--May 6, 1877, Borgå). Lutheran. Educated at University of Åbo. Secretary to the Council of the University, 1830-1836. Chair of Latin at Borgå College, 1837-1847; rector, 1847-1850. Author of The Grave of Perrho, 1831, verse romances of Finnish life; The Elk Hunter; Hanna, and Fänrik Ståls sänger, patriotic poems on the war of independence. National poet of Finland. Editor of the Swedish hymnal for the Finnish church, 1857, which included 57 of his texts and nine of his translations or revisions. Author of "Hur ljuft det är att komma" (What Joy There Is in Coming).
--Likely J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives
Texts by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (10) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bevara, Gud, vårt fosterland | Johann Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| Gud är vär starkhet och vårt stöd, Ljuft är att Gud åkalla | Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Ho vill mer foer doeden b'fva | Johann Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | 2 | |
| How wondrous is the blessing | Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | 2 | |
| Hur ljuft det är att komma | Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| I lift my eyes unto heaven above | Johann Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | English | 5 |
| Mä silmät luon ylös taivaaseen (I lift my eyes to you, God on high) | Johann Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | English, Finnish | 2 |
| Panie, w swym Słowie | Johan Ludvig Runeberg, d. 1877 (Author) | Polish | 2 |
| Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland | Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| What joy there is in coming | Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877 (Author) | English | 5 |
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