Matthias Alexander Castrén: Quick Facts


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Born December 2, 1813 • Finland
Died May 7, 1852 (aged 38) • Helsinki • Finland
Subjects Of Study Finnish language • Ural-Altaic languages
Role In Pan-Turanianism

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Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
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Johan Vilhelm Snellman
Finnish philosopher
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Konni Zilliacus
Finnish patriot
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Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
Finnish political leader
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August Sohlman
Swedish journalist
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Axel Olof Freudenthal
Finnish philologist
President of Finland Alexander Stubb, wearing a dark suit and glasses, smiles and waves while arriving outdoors at the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris.
Alexander Stubb
president of Finland
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Juho Kusti Paasikivi
president of Finland
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Sauli Niinistö
president of Finland
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
president of Finland
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
president of Finland
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Uno Cygnaeus
Finnish educator
Finland's first female president
Tarja Halonen
president of Finland
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, detail of an engraving by Émile Lassalle.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Finnish-Swedish poet
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Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen
Finnish politician
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Otto V. Kuusinen
Finnish politician
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
president of Finland
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Kaarlo Bergbom
Finnish theater owner
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
president of Finland
Svinhufvud, detail from an oil painting by Antti Faven, 1923; in the Art Gallery of Ateneum, Helsinki
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
president of Finland