INGELIUS, AXEL GABRIEL (, Säkylä–, Uusikaupunki), author of several novels, teacher, philologist, newspaperman, music critic, piano tuner, concert performer, and composer. Axel Ingelius was typical of many musical romanticists in that his abilities and interests combined the gifts of literature and music. One writer dubbed him the E.T.A. Hoffman of Finland.
Ingelius was the son of a pastor and was sent to school in Turku. At the University of Helsinki he completed...