author
A. E. (Alfred Emil) Ingman
1860–1917
A Finnish priest and pioneering writer of adventure stories for young readers, he brought forests, waterways, and frontier life vividly into his fiction. His books helped shape an early tradition of Finnish juvenile adventure writing.
4 Audiobooks
Latvasaaren kuninkaan hovilinna: Seikkailuja Venäjän rajalta
by A. E. (Alfred Emil) Ingman
Seikkailuja saloilla ja vesillä
by A. E. (Alfred Emil) Ingman
Rimpisuon usvapatsas: Seikkailukertomus Pohjan periltä
by A. E. (Alfred Emil) Ingman
Kahden taalarin raha
by A. E. (Alfred Emil) Ingman
About the author
Born in Karvia on July 16, 1860, Alfred Emil Ingman was a Finnish priest, military and prison chaplain, and author. He studied theology and went on to serve in Vaasa, where he worked in several clerical posts, including as a prison chaplain.
Ingman is especially remembered as an early writer of adventure fiction for young people in Finland. His stories often draw on wilderness settings, travel, hardship, and resourcefulness, giving them an energetic, outdoorsy feel that still suits classic adventure reading.
He died in Vaasa on October 10, 1917. Although he is not widely known outside Finland today, his work remains part of the history of Finnish youth literature, and several of his books have been preserved through digital archives such as Project Gutenberg.