“Probably in no other country has the marriage of folklore studies and nationalism produced such dramatic results as in Finland. As Prof. Jouko Hautala maintains, had it not been for the publication of #Lönnrot’s #Kalevala and for the subsequent cultural work based on it there is good chance to believe that Finland could not have achieved independence.”

- Folklore and Nationalism in Modern Finland by William A. Wilson

Artist: Kalle Carlstedt

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