Henrik August Reinholm

Henrik August Reinholm (March 21, 1819 – June 15, 1883) was a Finnish priest, ethnologist, and scholar from Rauma. He earned a master's degree in 1844, later completed his priestly qualification in 1853, and received a doctorate in 1857. Much of his career combined church service with research and archival work.

Before and alongside his clerical career, he worked for years as an amanuensis at the University of Helsinki Library and also at the university's ethnographic museum. In 1856 he was appointed prison chaplain and military pastor at Viapori (Sveaborg), a post he held until his death.

Reinholm is especially remembered for collecting and preserving Finnish folk traditions. Sources credit him with important work recording folk games and dances, and library and archive records show that he left behind extensive collections of folklore, songs, historical notes, and other materials from the mid-19th century. For readers today, that makes him not just an author, but one of the careful keepers of Finnish cultural memory.