Gustaf Renvall

Gustaf Renvall (23 September 1781 – 22 January 1841) was a Finnish clergyman, educator and philologist.

He became a student at the Royal Academy of Turku (now University of Helsinki) in 1801 and received his Master of Arts in 1810.

Renvall started as a docent of Finnish at the Academy of Turku and later was named assistant professor of education.

[citation needed] Among Renvall's most important works was a dictionary which for more than three decades was the main source of scholarly knowledge of the Finnish language.

He died in January 1841 shortly after the completion of his grammar which would establish the western dialects as the principal Finnish literary language.