Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (born 1818)

Zacharias Topelius was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although they were translated early on into Finnish.

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