author
Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
1844–1895
A Finnish writer, teacher, and priest who worked in both Finnish and Swedish, he helped bring historical fiction and drama to a wider reading public in the late 1800s. He is especially remembered for writing one of the first Finnish-language historical novels.
7 Audiobooks
Raatimiehen tytär Historiallis-romantillinen näytelmä kolmessa näytöksessä
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Muuan suomalainen soturi Kristiina kuningattaren aikakaudella
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Hatanpään Heikki ja hänen morsiamensa: Kertomus Tuomas piispan ajoilta
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Bartholdus Simonis Historiallis-romantillinen näytelmä kolmessa näytöksessä
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Lalli: Murhenäytelmä viidessä näytöksessä
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Jouluaattona juomarin kodissa 1-näytöksinen näytelmä
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
En ollenkaan muista 4-näytöksinen näytelmä
by Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
About the author
Born in Kustavi on September 22, 1844, Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson was a Finnish author, teacher, and priest. He wrote in both Finnish and Swedish, and his career connected literature, education, journalism, and church work.
Jahnsson wrote at a time when Finnish-language culture was gaining strength, and his work helped bring that movement to ordinary readers. He is known for historical plays and fiction, and scholars have described his 1884 novel Hatanpään Heikki ja hänen morsiamensa as the first historical novel published in Finnish.
He died in Turku on September 7, 1895. Although he is not widely known outside Finland today, his writing remains part of the story of how Finnish literature grew in the nineteenth century.