{"id":3347,"date":"2021-01-05T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helsinginpuistot.fi\/hp\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:15:03","slug":"lonnrotin-puistikko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/lonnrotin-puistikko\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00f6nnrotin puistikko <em>L\u00f6nnrot Green<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Across the street from the Old Church on L\u00f6nnrotinkatu is a small green named \u2013 like the street \u2013 in honour of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kansallisbiografia.fi\/english\/person\/2836\" target=\"_blank\">Elias L\u00f6nnrot<\/a>\u00a0(1802\u20131884), creator of the Finnish national epic,\u00a0<em>the Kalevala<\/em>. Dominating the green is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamhelsinki.fi\/en\/sculptures\/elias-lonnrot-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>a memorial to L\u00f6nnro<\/em>t<\/a> in the shape of a cast bronze statue on a massive pedestal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The memorial sits atop a small hill and is surrounded by flower beds with seasonal plants. On either side of the memorial are benches amid honeysuckle plants. Lilacs and two ornamental apple trees grow on the lawn and were planted by the charitable Martha organisation. The entire green is lined by linden trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the city plan of 1830 the area was referred to as \u201cChurch Square\u201d (Kirkkotori). Later the centre of the small square was planted, apparently according to the design of City Gardener Svante Olsson. In 1898 the city reserved the space for&nbsp;<em>a memorial to L\u00f6nnr\u00f6t<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The design competition was organised by the Finnish Literature Society in 1899 and won by the sculptor Emil Wikstr\u00f6m (1864\u20131942). It is said that L\u00f6nnr\u00f6t himself invented the Finnish word for literature, \u201ckirjallisuus\u201d, when the Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura) was founded in 1831. The sculpture was cast in bronze in Brussels and unveiled, in secret and at night, on 18 October 1902, 18 years after the death of L\u00f6nnrot. The ceremony was held in secret because Finland was still part of the Russian empire, and any kind of expression of national sentiment was closely monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The memorial depicts L\u00f6nnrot on one of his folklore-collecting journeys, writing down the mythical words and poems he has just been sung. On his right is Impi, symbolising the lyric poems and songs of the Kalevala and Kanteletar. On his left is the god-hero V\u00e4in\u00e4m\u00f6inen, the central symbol of the Kalevala\u2019s epic and magic verses. V\u00e4in\u00e4m\u00f6inen is rising from the upside-down head of Antero Vipunen, another character in the Kalevala who is represented in bas-relief. In the 17th poem of the Kalevala, V\u00e4in\u00e4m\u00f6inen visits the giant Vipunen in search of the missing words for his incantation. Emil Wikstr\u00f6m sculpted a mystical pentagram in the forehead of the giant. The front of the pedestal contains L\u00f6nnrot\u2019s name and the text: \u201cSain sanat salasta ilmi, Kalevala\u201d (The words I laid open, Kalevala).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the street from the Old Church on L\u00f6nnrotinkatu is a small green named \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ydinkeskusta"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/hp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/etela-helsinki-lonnrotin-puistikko.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3347"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10553,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347\/revisions\/10553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vihreatsylit.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}