Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884)

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Elias Lönnrotin tohtorinväitöskirja / Anto Leikola.

1800 - luvun piirilääkärit ja kansanterveystyö / Niilo Pesonen.

Elias Lönnrot : a pioneer in research on folk medicine in Finland / H. Strandberg.

The Kalevala : an epic poem after oral tradition / by Elias Lönnrot ; translated from the Finnish with an introduction and notes by Keith Bosley ; and a foreword by Albert B. Lord.

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Elias Lönnrot

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The Kalevala : an epic poem after oral tradition / by Elias Lönnrot ; translated from the Finnish with an introduction and notes by Keith Bosley ; and a foreword by Albert B. Lord.