Jokikylän pojat

Aarne Mustasalo

1887–1947

Best known in Finland as the lyricist of the patriotic "Jäger March," he also wrote adventure-filled books for younger readers under the pen name Aarne Mustasalo. Behind that pseudonym was Heikki Eliel Nurmio, a soldier, teacher, and military historian whose life stretched from the late Russian Empire through Finland’s independence era.