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Nov 22, 1898 Ruovesi, Finland Died on 01 Dec 1939 (aged 41)
Finnish painter
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About Jorma Gallen Kallela
- Jorma Gallen-Kallela (22 November 1898, in Ruovesi – 1 December 1939) was a Finnish artist.
- He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela. After the destruction of his father's frescoes in the Juselius Mausoleum in Pori after the death of his father in 1931, Jorma used his father's sketches to recreate the artwork.Jorma Gallen-Kallela spent part of the Winter War as a lieutenant.
- While inspecting a downed plane of the Soviet Air Force on the second day of the war, he was shot dead while saving the life of captain Adolf Ehrnrooth.
