Writing · Characters · Original Story · Poem
Born Apr 9, 1802
Active 2013–1884 · Awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Elias Lönnrot was Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. Lönnrot compiled the Finnish epic Kalevala.