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Kreutzwald Friedrich Reinhold
(1803—1882)

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, born on the Jõepere estate near Kadrina in northern Estonia, studied at the Tallinn County School, worked as elementary school teacher and private tutor and then entered the Medical Faculty of Tartu Unversity to become the town physician in Võru upon its graduation. But for the Estonians’ Kreutzwald is known first and foremost as the author of the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg (1857–61), Old Estonian Fairy-Tales (1866), The Land of Fools (1857), The Scourge of Drink (1840) and many other works of educational or patriotic content. Kreutzwald was an prolific contributor to the Proceedings of the Estonian Learned Society (est. 1838), he enhanced the means of expression of Estonian as a literary language and his work paved the way to the development of national literature and the whole of Estonian culture, as well as the national movement. Kreutzwald was corresponding member of the Finnish Literary Society (1855) and foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1871). The Viru Bard, as he was often called, died on 25 August 1882 in Tartu.

Estonia, 1938, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Estonia, 1938, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Estonia, 2003, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

USSR, 1961, Kalevipoeg

USSR, 1990, Kalevipoeg

Estonia, 2003.12.04, Tallinn. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Estonia, 2003.12.14, Voru. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

USSR, 1961, Kalevipoeg

USSR, 1978, Kreutzwald monument in Tallinn

USSR, 1989, Ship «Lennuk» from «Kalevipoeg»

USSR, 1971.06.23, Kreutzwald monument in Tallinn

USSR, 1981.01.13, Kreutzwald monument in Tallinn

USSR, 1983.10.26, Kreutzwald monument in Tallinn