Anders Johan Sjögren

Anders Johan Sjögren, also spelled Andreas Johan Sjögren, May 8, 1794 in Iitti, Finland – January 18, 1855 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer, historian and explorer. He is known e.g. as the person who discovered the Veps people.

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