Johan Ludvig Runeberg

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)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Bevara, Gud, vårt fosterlandJ. L. Runeberg, d. 1877 (Author)Swedish3
Gud är vär starkhet och vårt stöd, Ljuft är att Gud åkallaJohan Ludvig Runeberg (Author)Swedish2
Ho vill mer foer doeden b'fvaJohann Ludvig Runeberg (Author)2
How wondrous is the blessingJ. L. Runeberg (Author)2
Hur ljuft det är att kommaJohan L. Runeberg (Author)Swedish2
I lift my eyes unto heaven aboveJohan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804 - 77 (Author)English5
Mä silmät luon ylös taivaaseen (I lift my eyes to you, God on high)Johann Ludvig Runeberg (Author)English, Finnish2
Panie, w swym SłowieJohan Ludvig Runeberg, d. 1877 (Author)Polish2
Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterlandJ. L. Runeberg (Author)Swedish2
What joy there is in comingJohann Ludvig Runeberg (Author)5

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