author
Kustaa Killinen
1849–1922
A Finnish schoolteacher and public educator, he wrote with a strong interest in ordinary people, learning, and civic life. His career joined literature, teaching, and politics in a way that made him a notable cultural figure in Finland around the turn of the twentieth century.
2 Audiobooks
Puijolla : Laulunsekainen näytelmä
by Kustaa Killinen
Sanajalkoja: Vihkonen runoelmia
by Kustaa Killinen
About the author
Born in Isokyrö on September 7, 1849, he was a Finnish writer, schoolteacher, and politician. He studied at the Jyväskylä teacher seminary, later worked in education, and became the director of the school for the deaf in Kuopio, a role that placed him at the center of practical social and educational work.
Alongside teaching, he built a literary career and is remembered as part of Finnish-language cultural life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Sources also note that he published under the earlier surname Waismaa and used pen names, and that his writing career existed side by side with broader work in public life.
He was also active in politics, serving in the Diet of Finland and later in the Parliament of Finland as a member of the Young Finnish Party. He died in Kuopio on January 5, 1922.