Professor Stig Nyström (1924–2018, Helsinki) was not only a doctor of medicine but also a visual artist. A very special kantele (SM883), a Kalevala symbolist artwork made by him was donated to the Sibelius Museum in 1993. The kantele was completed immediately after the Continuation War in 1944–1945, when Nyström was 20 years old. During […]
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A Kalevala symbolist kantele and artwork from the 1940s by a young man on return from war
February 27, 2025
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Who was E. Lekve?
February 17, 2025
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Who was E. Lekve, whose name is engraved on the bottom of the carefully crafted kantele SM496 in the Sibelius Museum? The kantele was donated to the Sibelius Museum in 1974. The instrument had belonged to the donor’s mother’s father, stationmaster Mauno Paatero (1866-1908), who had bought the kantele from its maker, E. Lekve, at […]
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