Editing Finland (section)

=== Literature ===
{{Main|Finnish literature}}
[[File:Tove Jansson 1956.jpg|thumb|upright|Writer and artist [[Tove Jansson]]]]
Written Finnish could be said to have existed since [[Mikael Agricola]] translated the [[New Testament]] into Finnish during the [[Protestant Reformation]], but few notable works of literature were written until the 19th century and the beginning of a Finnish national [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]]. This prompted [[Elias Lönnrot]] to collect Finnish and Karelian folk poetry and arrange and publish them as the ''[[Kalevala]]'', the Finnish [[national epic]]. The era saw a rise of poets and novelists who wrote in Finnish, notably the national writer of Finland, [[Aleksis Kivi]] (''[[The Seven Brothers]]''), and [[Minna Canth]], [[Eino Leino]], and [[Juhani Aho]]. Many writers of the national awakening wrote in Swedish, such as the national poet [[J. L. Runeberg]] (''[[The Tales of Ensign Stål]]'') and [[Zachris Topelius]].

After Finland became independent, there was a rise of [[Modernist literature|modernist writers]], most famously the Swedish-speaking poet [[Edith Södergran]]. Finnish-speaking authors explored national and historical themes. Most famous of them were [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], who was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1939, historical novelist [[Mika Waltari]], and [[Väinö Linna]] with his ''[[The Unknown Soldier (novel)|The Unknown Soldier]]'' and [[Under the North Star trilogy|''Under the North'' Star trilogy]]. Beginning with [[Paavo Haavikko]], Finnish poetry adopted modernism. Besides Lönnrot's ''Kalevala'' and Waltari, the Swedish-speaking [[Tove Jansson]], best known as the creator of ''[[The Moomins]]'', is the most translated Finnish writer;<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_post_honours_moomin_creator_jansson/7061316 Finnish post honours Moomin creator Jansson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925000242/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_post_honours_moomin_creator_jansson/7061316 |date=25 September 2020 }} – YLE News</ref> her books have been translated into more than 40 languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finland.fi/arts-culture/tove-jansson-and-the-moomin-story/|title=Finland's Tove Jansson and the Moomin story|date=11 March 2014|website=thisisFINLAND|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812041920/https://finland.fi/arts-culture/tove-jansson-and-the-moomin-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>