Herman Daniel Paul

Herman Daniel Paul (17 July 1827[1] in Schwedt an der Oder,[2] Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia - 4 December 1885 Helsinki) was a Kingdom of Prussia-born musician and lecturer at the University of Helsinki, who translated the Kalevala into German, among other works.

Paul moved to Helsinki in 1859, founded a music store there in 1862 and worked as a concert reviewer.

He also translated Johan Ludvig Runeberg's play The Kings of Salami and Zacharias Topelius' Travel in Finland.

The Finnish poetry he translated included Finnische Dichtungen (1866) and Aus dem Norden (1887).

He also prepared German grammar and reading exercises for schools, of which Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen produced Finnish versions.

Herman Daniel Paul; photograph by Daniel Nyblin , 1878. History Photo Collection, National Board of Antiquities.