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Jooseppi Mustakallio
1857–1923
A Finnish pastor, poet, and lyricist whose writing moved between faith, song, and everyday feeling. Best remembered for the poem “Evening Song,” he also published spiritual works, stories, and verse in newspapers, calendars, and magazines.
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Pulmusparvi
by Jooseppi Mustakallio
About the author
Born in Säräisniemi in 1857 and known earlier as Josef Schwartzberg, he became a Finnish minister and later served as the fourth mission director of the Finnish Missionary Society. Alongside his church work, he wrote poetry and lyrics, bringing a literary voice to religious and cultural life in Finland.
His best-known poem is Evening Song. Library and literary reference sources also note that he published spiritual literature as well as stories and poems in periodicals and annual publications, suggesting a writer who reached readers in both formal books and everyday print culture.
He died in Parikkala in 1923. Though not widely known outside Finland today, he remains an interesting figure at the meeting point of ministry, publishing, and poetry.