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Veikko Antero Koskenniemi was a Finnish poet, newspaper editor, and literary professor. Koskenniemi was one of Finland's most popular writers. He was well known for his poems, travel books, and essays. He was influenced by Goethe, Runeberg, French Parnassans and Symbolists. His lyric poetry has been set to music by dozens of composers. He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for the Finlandia hymn. Koskenniemi's nationalism was reflected in many of his poems and lyrics, such as Lippulaulusu and Finlandia. Asteroid 1697 Koskenniemi, discovered in 1940–1941, is named after him. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
