The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
View from Paikkari croft over the Valkjärvi lake in Sammatti, Finland
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
The entrance to Paikkari croft, birthplace and childhood home of Elias Lönnrot, with Akseli Gallen-Kallela (standing on the steps), Oskari Kivistö (museum guard at the National Museum) and an unknown man
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
The outfitting of Paikkari croft's new chimney during the spring of 1927. The bricklayer still stands on the roof after completing his work
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
The croft at Paikkari in Sammatti, Finland. This was the birthplace and childhood home of Elias Lönnrot, author of the Finnish epic Kalevala on which Akseli Gallen-Kallela based his famous paintings
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
Sandy gravel road in Sammatti village
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
View of Valkjärvi lake from between Paikkari croft and its barn in Sammatti, Finland. The croft was the childhood home of author Elias Lönnrot who collected and penned the national Finnish epic, Kalevala
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
Paikkari croft and yard in Sammatti, Finland
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
View of ice-covered Valkjärvi lake from the yard of Paikkari croft in Sammatti, Finland
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Paikkari croft and it's adjacent barn from the back
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Pine trees during the winter
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The main room at Paikkari croft
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
The entrance and fireplace at Paikkari croft
The Gallen-Kallela Museum:
View of Paikkari croft from the west. The croft's external barn can be seen to the left