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Gustaf Anton Brakel

A Finnish-Swedish writer and civil servant from the early 1800s, remembered for a lyrical dramatic work linked to the Kalevala tradition. He appears to have had only a small surviving published output, which makes him an intriguing literary footnote.

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Wäinämöinen: Lyriskt försök i tre akter

Wäinämöinen: Lyriskt försök i tre akter

by Gustaf Anton Brakel

About the author

Gustaf Anton Brakel was a Finnish-Swedish writer who lived from 1782 to 1853. Available catalog records identify him as both a civil servant and a playwright, and connect him with the Swedish-language literary world of Finland during the 19th century.

The work most clearly associated with him in major library listings is Wäinämöinen: lyriskt försök i tre akter, a Swedish-language piece whose title points to the legendary figure Väinämöinen from Finnish tradition. That suggests his writing was part of the wider period interest in national history, myth, and drama.

Reliable easily accessible information about his life is limited, so many personal details remain unclear in standard online sources. What can be said with confidence is that he is remembered today mainly through bibliographic records rather than a large well-known body of work.