Werburg, St
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Werburg, St (d.
c.699), less correctly ‘Werburgh’, abbess. The daughter of a Mercian king, she entered the abbey of
Ely, where she became abbess. She was later instigated by King Ethelred to reform the nunneries of his kingdom. In 875 her body was removed to
Chester. Feast day, 3 Feb.
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Agneta Rahikainen. Johan Ludvig och Fredrika Runeberg: En bildbiografi.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Agneta Rahikainen. Johan Ludvig och Fredrika Runeberg: En bildbiografi. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska...number, is not the first picture-biography of Johan Ludvig Runeberg (hereafter JLR); in 1937--on the sixtieth...
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New book about Finnish national poet.(Johan Ludvig Runeberg)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books; 2/7/2002; 548 words
; ...C)2000-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A book about Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the Finnish national poet, has been published. The book is reportedly the first about Runeberg aimed at children and young people. It is written...
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New website for Finnish national poet launched.(Johan Ludvig Runeberg)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 1/27/2004; 545 words
; ...com A new website about the Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg has been launched. The reason for the site is the...Swedish and Finnish, is located at http://www.runeberg.net ((Comments on this story may be sent to nbr...
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Matti Klinge. Den politiske Runeberg.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 12/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Matti Klinge. Den politiske Runeberg. Helsingfors: Soderstroms; Stockholm...Swedish and the Russian. In this process, Johan Ludvig Runeberg played a key role. The literature on Runeberg, surely the greatest poet writing in...
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Michel Ekman. Kaos, ordning, kaos: Manniskan i naturen och naturen i manniskan hos J. L. Runeberg.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Ostrobothnia the same day as Runeberg, had already humanized the great man in J.L. Runeberg och hans vanner [1978...Poet and Drummer), on Runeberg, J.V. Snellman...Rahikainen's bildbiografi of Johan Ludvig and Fredrika (2003...
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Merete Mazzarella. Fredrika Charlotta fodd Tengstrom: En nationalskalds hustru.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...2007. Pp. 330. Fredrika Runeberg (1807-1879), the wife and widow of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, lingered in venerated obscurity...brought double apotheosis with Johan Ludvig och Fredrika Runeberg: En bildbiografi (2004...
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My Kind of Town HELSINKI DR ROBERT VANDERPLANK is the director of the Oxford University Languages Centre. He is author of 'Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit' (Macmillan, pounds 9.99), a collection of the world's most colourful insults
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...not to be missed for February visitors is eating Runeberg torttu (Runeberg tarts), which are made in honour of the birthday of the poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg. AND FOR DINNER? The Trattoria Rivoletto at...
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Finland's European vocation.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...philosopher (and economist), Johan Vilhelm Snellman, a linguist...Lonnrot, a poet (and teacher) Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Topelius, a playwright...what it meant to be Finnish. Runeberg gave Finland a modern heroic historical...
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New website for Finnish national poet launched.
Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire; 1/27/2004; 340 words
; ...com A new website about the Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg has been launched. The reason for the site is the...Swedish and Finnish, is located at http://www.runeberg.net ((Comments on this story may be sent to tww...
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The Kalevala Yet again
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Saturday Society, together with such young lions as Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the Swedish-language poet, the Finno-Ugrist Matthias Alexander Castren, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman, the champion-to-be of a wholly...
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Runeberg, Johan Ludvig
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Johan Ludvig Runeberg Hailed as Finland's national poet although writing in Swedish, Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) significantly contributed to the Finnish...
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Johan Ludvig Runeberg , 1804-77, Finnish national poet...and Greek at Porvoo near Helsinki. Runeberg's simple and realistic style helped...inexorable tragedy. The first song from Runeberg's great poem on the Russo-Swedish...
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Lonnrot, Elias
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Change Lonnrot was born to Fredrik Johan Lonnrot, a tailor, and Ulrika...Interestingly, his class also included Johan Vilhelm Snellman, who would go...the nationalist movement, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg, who was destined to become the...
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