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Sampo Lappelill. En saga från Lappland. (Sampo the Little Lapp Boy. A Tale from Lappland) is a fairy tale by Finnish writer Zachris Topelius about an adventurous Sámi boy who defies the Mountain King creature. "Lapp" is the historical term for a Sámi person and Lapland is a historical Northern Scandinavian region, the traditional land of Sami people. Although a Finn, Topelius wrote in Swedish.
The tale was first published[1] in Eos magazine, Helsingfors, 1860, no. 4.[2] It was included into the Reading Book for the Primary School (Läsebok för folkskolan) in Sweden.[3]
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sfdwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Eos no. 4, February 15, 1860, at Project Runeberg
- ^ "Sampo Lappelil" at Project Runeberg