Arhippa Perttunen

Arhippa Perttunen (Russian: Архип Иванович Перттунен; 1769–1841) was a Karelian runic singer.

[1] Arhippa Perttunen was born probably in the village of Latvajärvi (now Ladvozero in Kalevalsky District) in 1769.

[2] Around 1834, Elias Lönnrot met Perttunen for three days, while on his fifth field trip collecting poems for the Kalevala.

Stylistically, his text contains widespread use of alliteration and parallelism, similarly to other singers featured in the Kalevala.

[1] His tradition was also carried on by his son Miihkali, who collected 81 of his poems.