JALO THE TROTTER
JALO THE TROTTER
BY JOHANN JACOB AHRENBERG
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Among Scandinavians it seems to be a common thing for the artistic impulse to drive in many directions at once. The Swedish-Finnish novelist Ahrenberg is architect as well as writer. He was born in 1847 at Wiborg, and studied in Helsingfors and at the Art Academy in Stockholm. He is now chief Government architect for his state. The first novels and tales that brought him into literary prominence were published in 1880, followed since then by many other East Finland pictures. Among these, “Jalo the Trotter,” the story of a superb horse and his two masters, is characteristic not only of the author’s style, but of his country as well.
Among Scandinavians it seems to be a common thing for the artistic impulse to drive in many directions at once. The Swedish-Finnish novelist Ahrenberg is architect as well as writer. He was born in 1847 at Wiborg, and studied in Helsingfors and at the Art Academy in Stockholm. He is now chief Government architect for his state. The first novels and tales that brought him into literary prominence were published in 1880, followed since then by many other East Finland pictures. Among these, “Jalo the Trotter,” the story of a superb horse and his two masters, is characteristic not only of the author’s style, but of his country as well.
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