Talk:Johan Ludvig Runeberg

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Question about the language he wrote in.[edit]

Could someone clarify, it seems from this article that Finland's national poet wrote in Swedish. Is this correct? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ahassan05 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Yes it is. Finland is a bilingual country after all. Edricson 01:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And, at the time swedish was the language of the elite. ABC101090 (talk) 01:18, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I also have this doubt. The question is: What is a national poet? And can a country have more than one? I am not completely sure, but maybe Elias Lönnrot should be considered Finland's national poet as he wrote the national epic (Kalevala, which he wrote in Finnish, btw). --Trifi (talk) 07:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The concept of national poet is associated with Runeberg.--130.234.68.223 (talk) 15:16, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No notable source gives Lönnrot as the "national poet". Runeberg holds that attribute since the 19th century uncontested. In addition, Lönnrot didn't write the Kalevala. He composed it from the material he collected, writing only about 5% of the total content. (This has been extensively researched during several generations, from many different viewpoint.) In addition, Swedish is the national language of Finland, so Runeberg's language does not pose a problem to us Finns. --MPorciusCato (talk) 15:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Runeberg is not the national poet of Finland. Eino Leino is the national poet of Finland. Runeberg didn't write a single poem in Finnish. Finland is over 90 % Finnish-speaking. The claim of Runeberg being its national poet is post-colonialistic nonsense.

There is no source, official statement or legislation that grants Runeberg this status. Therefore it's not factual and suitable for a dictionary.

--Argh 13:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldnt this:

       "Sweeter far than life from I found that love was"
       "Sweeter far than love to die as he did"

Be this?:

       "Sweeter far than life I found that love was"
       "Sweeter far than love to die as he did"

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.27.79.171 (talk) 10:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[[1]] - The Finnish Embassy seems to declare him the National Poet celebrated on February 5th every year. Slywriter (talk) 14:57, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A bit misleading[edit]

"Sweden ignominiously lost Finland, which became a Grand Duchy in the Russian empire."

I find this part a bit misleading since finland was a grand duchy since the 1600th century, however only in name, but still. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.32.7.33 (talk) 00:27, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Country anachronisms[edit]

The "early life" section seems anachronistic, for example in saying that "grandfather Ludvig had moved to Finland from Sweden", when they moved from what was then the western half of Sweden to a Swedish-speaking city in the eastern half of Sweden. I'm not sure how to fix this elegantly, but surely the same issues arise for many, many historical persons where the country borders have changed, like Germans or Poles. —St.Nerol (talk, contribs) 19:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]