HAAPASALO, KREETA (, Kaustinen–, Jyväskylä), one of the most famous folksingers and kantele players.
Kreeta Haapasalo
, a peasant woman from Kaustinen, was not a singer of the Kalevala, but of the newer strata of folk songs and hymns, some of which she composed herself. Her most famous composition was a variant of a folk song, My Kantele More Beautifully One Day in Heav'n Will Ring
(Mun kanteleeni kauniimmin, taivaassa kerran soi). In order to support...