Mikael Agricola

Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish

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right|thumb|The first page of Abckiria Abckiria (also sometimes spelled ABC-kiria, and spelled "ABC-kirja" in contemporary Finnish), in English "ABC book", is the first book that was published in the Finnish language. It was written by Mikael Agricola, a bishop and Lutheran Reformer, and was first published in 1543. Agricola wrote the book while working on the first Finnish translation of the New Testament (which was eventually finished in 1548 as Se Wsi Testamenti).

church in Helsinki, Finland

first translation of the New Testament to Finnish; made by Mikael Agricola