Elias Lonnrot (1802 - 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. Eino Friberg (1901 - 1995) was a Finnish-born American author, noted for his 1989 translation the Kalevala.
A masterpiece * Spectator * One of the great mythic poems of Europe * New York Times * The Kalevala is a fabulous narrative spiced with exotic images and much hilarity -- Jennifer Cooke * Melbourne Sunday Herald *