- Archive
- Supplementary archival material
- Swedish Almanacs from 1198 to 1805
- Name Lists of Old Calendars
- Names of Finland’s Swedish-Language Almanacs 1623–1809 in Chronological Order
- Names of Finland’s Swedish-Language Almanacs 1623–1809 in Alphabetical Order
- Names of Calendars in Liturgical and Hymn Books 1200–1888 in Chronological Order
- Names of Calendars in Liturgical and Hymn Books 1200–1888 in Alphabetical Order
- Runic Staves
Calendars from missals and hymnals 1619–1888
In 2009–2011, the Almanac Office photographed calendar sections of old Finnish mass and hymn books from the National Library. In addition to the calendars listed below, the almanac archive has previously housed the calendar of the oldest book for Finland, the Turku Missal (Missale Aboense) from 1488, and the oldest Finnish-language calendar, the calendar in Mikael Agricola's Prayer Book from 1544.
We thank the staff of the National Library for their kind help. The photos were taken by Asko Palviainen from the University Almanac Office, and Olli Oja assisted and merged the photos into pdf files.
| 1619 | Tabulae XII, Henricus Martini [Kemner], 1619 |
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| 1621 | Soomenkielinen Wirsikiria, tehty M. Jacobilda Soomalaiselda, 1621 |
| 1646 | Manuale Finnonicum, edited by Jonas Raumannus, 1646 |
| 1652 | Manuale Finnonicum, edited by Ignatius Meurer, 1652
A similar calendar section was also included in later editions published between 1653 and 1684. |
| 1668 | Johannes Gezelius, Wirsi and Ewangeliumi kiria in Finnish, 1668
A similar calendar section was also included in later editions published between 1674 and 1712. |
| 1673 | Then Swenska Psalm Booken, 1673 |
| 1685 | Suomalainen Manuale ja Yxi täydellinen parattu Psalmi Kirja, 1685 |
| 1693 | Uusi Suomalainen Manuale … Sisälläns pitäwä Täydellisen Wirsi-Kirjan, 1693 |
| 1733 | Uusi Suomenkielinen Wirsi-Kirja 1733 |
| 1763 | Uusi Suomenkielinen Wirsi-Kirja 1763 |
| 1792 | Uusi Suomenkielinen Wirsi-Kirja 1792 |
| 1813 | Uusi Suomenkielinen Wirsi-Kirja 1813 |
| 1828 | Wirsi-Kirja 1828 |
| 1861 | Suomalainen Wirsi- ja Ewankeliumi-Kirja 1861 |
| 1888 | Suomalainen Wirsi- ja Ewankeliumi-Kirja 1888 |
Almost innumerable editions of the Finnish hymnal appeared in the 1700s and 1800s, most of which had a calendar section similar to the above examples. In Swedish hymnals, only the 1673 edition mentioned above had a calendar section. After 1888, there were no more calendars in hymnals.
In the early 20th century, the historical notes of the calendar sections of hymnals, the so-called chronologies, were compiled in a single book, which has also been scanned into the almanac archive.: Ad. Neovius, Suomalainen Ajantieto-kokoelma, Suomal. kirjall. seuran kirjapainon osakeyhtiö 1911.