Vehkalahden neidot (Finnish: The Maidens of Vehkalahti) is a 1971 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio.[2]

Vehkalahden neidot
AuthorKaari Utrio
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
SubjectMiddle Age, love
GenreHistorical fiction
PublisherTammi
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (hardback, pocket book), audiobook[1]
OCLC636975075

The story is fiction that takes place in the mid-1400s and is set up in the context of squires of Vehkalahti,[2][3] somewhat anachronistically since these local lords were in 1400s yet similar noblemen like others of the tax-exempt rälssi class of Sweden. Only later, between c. 1690 and 1784, their descendants, heirs, were the anomalously-situated knaappi i.e squire group.

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  1. ^ "Vehkalahden neidot". Finna [fi]. National Library of Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Vehkalahden neidot". Kirjasampo [fi] (in Finnish). Helsinki City Library. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ Natunen, Satu-Maaria (9 September 2001). "Pihlhjertat olivat ennen knaappiaatelia". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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