Runeberg, Johan Ludvig,  1804-1877 <br/><br/>
Fjalar Kuningas 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuningas_Fjalar  Release date is 2005-07-05 
<br/><br/>Produced by Matti Järvinen and Tuija Lindholm  Produced by Matti Järvinen and Tuija Lindholm 
<br/><br/> "Fjalar Kuningas" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg is an epic poem published in Swedish in 1844. King Fjalar vows to abandon warfare, but a seer's prophecy threatens his family with a curse of incest. To prevent this fate, Fjalar casts his infant daughter into the sea. Years later, his son Hjalmar embarks on a journey across the waters, unaware of the tragic destiny awaiting him. Drawing on Oedipus and romantic sagas, this Nordic tale explores honor, fate, and unavoidable doom. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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