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Elias Lönnrot
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Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
(; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a
Finnish
physician,
philologist
and collector of traditional
Finnish
oral poetry
. He is best known for compiling
Kalevala
, the national epic of Finland, from
national folk tales
that he gathered during several expeditions in Finland,
Russian Karelia
, the
Kola Peninsula
and Baltic countries.
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