author
Jaakko Nikkinen
1884–1946
A farmer-turned novelist from western Finland, he wrote about rural life with a plainspoken eye and a strong sense of local experience. Publishing both under his own name and as Jouko Nikkinen, he left behind stories and novels rooted in everyday people.
3 Audiobooks
Leppirannan Lauri: Romaani
by Jaakko Nikkinen
Kotipellon kynnökseltä: Kertomuksia
by Jaakko Nikkinen
Ylenkatsotuita
by Jaakko Nikkinen
About the author
Born in Laihia, Finland, on October 1, 1884, Jaakko Nikkinen was a Finnish farmer and writer. Finnish reference sources describe him as a maanviljelijä ja kirjailija—a farmer and author—and note that he also wrote under the name Jouko Nikkinen.
He is known for works including Kotipellon kynnökseltä, Nuori kuokkija, Leppirannan Lauri, and Ylenkatsotuita. Finnish sources also say he was encouraged to begin writing by the writer and public figure Santeri Alkio, which helps place him in the world of early 20th-century Finnish rural literature.
Nikkinen died in Laihia on November 7, 1946. Read today, his work offers a glimpse of Finnish country life and the concerns of ordinary people in his era.