- Parents: Erik and Anna Stenvall.
- Siblings: Johannes, Emanuel, Albert and Agnes.
- Significant Finnish author.
- His novels and plays have been adapted to 8 feature films, while there has been two movies made about his life: 'Minä elän' (1946) and Aleksis Kiven elämä (2001).
- The houses he was born and died in are now museums. The cabin he died in is located only a few kilometers from the home of Jean Sibelius.
- Finland's national writer.
- His play "Nummisuutarit" (1864) is the most popular play ever in Finland, having been produced for stage more often than any other play.
- Wrote the first significant Finnish-language novel "Seitsemän veljestä" (1870). As of 2014, it's still the highest-selling novel in Finland with over 1,400,000 copies sold.
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