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Zacharias Topelius, the father of the Finnish historical novel. His works, written in Swedish, are classics of Finland’s national literature. Topelius joined the faculty of the University of Helsinki as professor of Finnish history in 1864; he served as university president, 1875–78.

Zacharias ( Zachris, Sakari) Topelius ( 14. tammikuuta 1818 Uudenkaarlepyyn maalaiskunta – 12. maaliskuuta 1898 Sipoo) oli suomenruotsalainen kirjailija, runoilija, toimittaja, historioitsija ja Helsingin yliopiston rehtori. [1] Hän kirjoitti ruotsiksi.

Zacharias Topelius. Born January 14, 1818, Uusikaarlepyy. Died March 12, 1898, Sipoo. MA 1840, licentiate 1844, PhD 1847 from the Imperial Alexander University in Finland. Rector 1875–1878, Imperial Alexander University. Professor extraordinary of Finnish History 1854–1863 and Professor of Finnish, Russian and Nordic History 1863–1875 at ...

Zachris Topelius’s 200th birthday. Last month the Finlandia Prize, Finland’s most prestigious literary prize, was awarded to Juha Hurme for his novel Niemi (‘Headland’). In praising the work, the jury said that it ‘treats the myth of Finland and the Finns with all the knowledge that our culture contains. A scope of this breadth can ...

Edited by Tomas Sjöblom. Translated by Joe McVeigh. Zacharias Topelius Skrifter (ZTS) is a freely-available digital collection of the author’s writings, put together by the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. The entire library of Topelius’s work, including previously unprinted material, will be available i...

Zachris (Zacharias, Z., Sakari) Topelius 14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish. As a journalist and author, Zachris Topelius took stands on social issues and moulded public opinion.

Zachris Topelius (1818–1898) was a prolific and erudite writer, journalist, historian, professor of Finnish history and vice-chancellor of the Helsinki University. Religious and patriotic, Topelius also became known as satusetä Topelius (‘the fairy-tale uncle Topelius’), due to the hugely popular collections of stories he wrote for children.