author
Onni Wetterhoff
1835–1892
A pioneer of Finnish wilderness writing, he brought hunting trips, forest life, and the feel of the northern outdoors onto the page with firsthand energy. His work offers a lively glimpse of 19th-century Finland beyond the city.
2 Audiobooks
Saloilta ja vesiltä: Metsästys- ja pyyntiretkiä
by Onni Wetterhoff
Bergön pyyntimiehet
by Onni Wetterhoff
About the author
Born in Helsinki on December 28, 1835, Kurt Alfred Onni Wetterhoff became known as one of the first Finnish writers to focus on wilderness and hunting themes. Finnish and Swedish reference sources describe him as a forester and author, and note that he was an early Finnish writer of outdoor subjects.
As a young man, he left school and entered military service in the 1850s. After that, he trained in forestry at Evo and worked in the Finnish forest service; later sources also note that he spent time in business and, for a period, ran the Kapellet restaurant in Helsinki. His life moved between practical work, public life, and the forests that clearly mattered most to him.
Wetterhoff is especially remembered for works such as Saloilta ja vesiltä: Metsästys- ja pyyntiretkiä and Bergön pyyntimiehet. His writing grew out of real experience in nature, and it helped open a place in Finnish literature for stories of hunting, travel, and life in the wild. He died in Helsinki on February 11, 1892.