The Tales of Ensign Stål

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About “The Tales of Ensign Stål”

The Tales of Ensign Stål is an epic poem written in Swedish by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, a Finland-Swedish author and national poet of Finland. It was published in two cycles, in 1848 and 1860. The poem recounts the events of the Finnish War (1808–1809), a conflict in which Sweden lost its eastern territories. These regions were later incorporated into the Russian Empire as the Grand Duchy of Finland. The work is a significant literary representation of this historical period. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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How many pages is The Tales of Ensign Stål?

The Tales of Ensign Stål by Johan Ludvig Runeberg has 148 pages.

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