Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1–3 by Väinö Linna

Kalle Töyry, master of the Töyry House, landlord of the Laurila Family.Elma Laurila, Anttoo's daughter, Akusti's fiancée.

Uuno Laurila, Anttoo's son, member of the Red Guard.Oskari Kivivuori, Otto and Anna's youngest son, member of the Red Guard (Osku for short).Janne Kivivuori, Otto and Anna's eldest son, mason, socialist politician.Anna Kivivuori, Otto's wife, Elina's mother.Otto Kivivuori, tenant farmer, Elina's father.Ellen Salpakari, Vicar Salpakari's wife, a conservative politician.Lauri Salpakari, the local vicar and landlord of the Koskela Family.August Koskela, Akseli and Aleksi's brother, Jussi and Alma's third son.Aleksi Koskela, Akseli's brother, Jussi and Alma's second son.Alma Koskela, Akseli's mother and Jussi's wife.Jussi Koskela, Akseli's father, tenant of the vicarage.Akseli Koskela, platoon leader in the Red Guard, later a farmer.The last chapters of the book concentrate on the reconciliatory atmosphere created by the joint hardships endured during the war. Again Koskela pays a heavy price, losing three sons. Things turn for the worse at the outbreak of the Second World War. In Koskela, however, matters improve as crofters are liberated and Koskela becomes an independent farm. In the third part the community is dominated by the whites, the victors of the Civil War. The war hits Koskela harshly, for the family loses two sons. The book describes the atrocities committed on both sides, as well as the tensions which lead up to them. In the second part the Finnish Civil War breaks out. At the same time the upper classes are concerned with language strife and Finland's relationship with Russia. Jussi's son Akseli becomes an active socialist. In the first part of the book tension mounts between crofters and land owners. 'In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe – and Jussi', book starts, when the story opens with Jussi, a farm hand from Häme, clearing marshland to create a croft, which will later be called Koskela. Plot summary Vol I: Under the North Star The novel shares one main character, Akseli Koskela, and covers some of the same events as another novel: The Unknown Soldier by the author. Through the lives of ordinary people, it describes the clash of ideals in Finland's language strife and the struggle between the Whites ( nationalists) and the Reds ( socialists) in the movement to Independence and Civil War.īased on the work, two film adaptations directed by Edvin Laine have been made: the 1968 film Here, Beneath the North Star (based on the first and second volumes of trilogy) and its 1970 sequel Akseli and Elina (based on the third and final volume). The novel follows the life of a Finnish family from 1880, through the First World War, the Finnish Civil War and the Second World War, to about 1950. Under the North Star ( Finnish: Täällä Pohjantähden alla) is a trilogy published between 19 by Finnish author Väinö Linna.

Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1–3 by Väinö Linna