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Henrik August Reinholm
1819–1883
A 19th-century Finnish priest and scholar, he helped preserve local history, folklore, and traditional songs at a time when much of that material might easily have been lost. His work connects church life, early ethnography, and the growing interest in Finland’s cultural past.
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Tampereen kaupunki : Muisto Sen Satavuotis-Juhlastansa Lokakuun 1. päivänä 1879
by Karl Otto Johan Blåfield, Henrik August Reinholm
About the author
Born in Rauma on March 21, 1819, Henrik August Reinholm became a Finnish priest, historian, and ethnographer. He studied at the university in Helsinki, later worked for years as an assistant at the university library, and also served with the university’s ethnographic museum before entering the clergy.
Reinholm is remembered for his wide-ranging curiosity about Finnish history and folk culture. He collected songs, runic poetry, and other traditional material, and he also wrote on historical subjects. His career brought together scholarship and pastoral work: he was ordained in the 1850s, earned a doctorate, and later served in church posts including in Viapori, where he spent his final years.
What makes him especially interesting today is the breadth of what he tried to preserve. Alongside his religious duties, he left behind notes and collections on folklore, local history, and minority communities in Finland, making him part of the early generation of scholars who recorded cultural traditions before they faded from everyday life.