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Kalevala Day
February 28, 2023
The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835, compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia. This poetic song tradition, sung in an unusual, archaic trochaic tetrametre, had been part of the oral tradition among speakers of Balto-Finnic languages for 2,000 years.
Several FFN member organizations host events for Kalevala Day, or Finnish Culture Day.
Click here to read more about the Kalevala.