Pohjalaisia (play)

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Pohjalaisia (The Ostrobothnians) is a 1914 Finnish play. Based on it, a 1924 opera and two films in 1925 and 1936 were also made.^[1][2]

Its story takes place around 1850 in South Ostrobothnia, depicting local folklife^[3] and rebellion of the peasants against the Swedish-speaking arbitrary lensmann.^[4][3][5] While the lensmann character can be seen as being based on not only oppressive officers^[3] but also Klaus Fleming, a Swedish nobleman who was rebelled against by South Ostrobothnian pesants in the late 16th century,^[5] the character is also seen as a metaphor for 'the years of oppression' that Finns were facing under Russian rule when the play was written.^[6][3][7]