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The earliest texts in Finland were written in Swedish or Latin during the Finnish Middle Age (c. 1200–1523). Finnish-language literature was slowly developing from the 16th century onwards, after written Finnish was established by the Bishop and Finnish Lutheran reformer Mikael Agricola (1510–1557).
At the time, however, there was no standard written form of Finnish, so he started developing it. His first book, Abckiria, which is nowadays known as the "ABC-kirja" or ABC book, was a primer for reading and a catechism. It was first printed in 1543. The catechism was included because only very few people could afford the whole Bible at the ...
- 1554–1557
- Church of Sweden
- Martti Skytte
- Turku
extensive translation and publication activities. In 1543 he published his first book, ABC - book. It was the first publication ever printedin the Finnish language and it was later re - published twice. In 1544 Agricola published the Prayer-Book, in 1548 the New Testament, in 1549 a liturgical handbook, a mass-book, and a book about the passion of
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The founder of literary Finnish was the religious reformer Mikael Agricola, the first Lutheran bishop of Finland, who published a Finnish primer (c. 1543) and a translation of the New Testament from Greek into Finnish (1548). (The first Finnish translation of the whole Bible was published in 1642.) In the prefaces to his translations, Agricola ...
Old Literary Finnish. Old Literary Finnish is defined as the form of written Finnish that was used in the period between the publication of the first book printed in Finnish ( Mikael Agricola ’s ABC -book published in the 1540s) and the year 1810, which marked the start of the battle between the western and eastern Finnish dialects. The ...
Aug 11, 2020 · In fact, it was the first novel written in Finnish language, and went on to become the greatest Finnish novel of all time. It took Aleksis Kivi 10 years to write it . Civilisation versus ...
Michael Agricola, the first Finnish reformer, studied in Wittenberg, and, after returning to Finland, translated the first books into Finnish. The books were originally intended for priests, but in the middle of the 17th century a literacy campaign was conducted throughout the Swedish realm, one that was quite effective in expanding the reading ...
