Mikael Agricola ( c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory at the time. He is often called the "father of literary Finnish".
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1510 Torsby, Pernå, Uusimaa (Nyland), Sweden, Kalmar Union (now Finland)
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9 April 1557 (aged 46) Uusikirkko, Karelia, Sweden (now Russia)
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