COLLAN, KARL (, Iisalmi–, Helsinki), an early nineteenth-century song composer, collector of Finnish folk music, a philologist, teacher of German at the University of Helsinki, and university librarian. His translation of the Kalevala into Swedish (1864–68) was the first. Along with his literary and scientific pursuits his interest in music was one of the major themes of his life.
Collan completed his undergraduate college studies in 1850 and received a doctorate...