Johannes Linnankoski

The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fiction and historical fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Porvoo, Turku and Salo. Works named in the authority record are The Song of the Blood-Red Flower and The Fugitives.

• Illustration — Linnankoski depicted on a post stamp Linnankoski was born in Vakkola, Askola and was active in the cultural life of Eastern Uusimaa. He was one of the founders of the bank in Porvoo and also founded Finnish-language schools and daily newspapers such as Uusimaa, the first Finnish-language newspaper situated outside of the major towns of Uusimaa. Linnankoski married Ester Drugg in 1899 and they had four children: Marjatta, Salama, Touko and Urmas. All his children were born under the surname Peltonen. In his last years he moved from Askola to the Helsinki Deaconess Institute, in Helsinki, for treatment of his poor health, and died there of anemia at the age of 43 in 1913. In 1938 a Linnankoski Museum was opened near the sauna building where Linnankoski was born.