August Ahlqvist

Portrait by Eero Järnefelt

Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen (7 August 1826 – 20 November 1889), was a Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic.[1] He is best remembered as the sharpest critic of writer Aleksis Kivi, who later rose to the position of the national author of Finland.[2]

  1. ^ "Ahlqvist, August". uppslagsverket. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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