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Finnish gangster (b.1828)
Antti Rannanjärvi and Antti Isotalo (1869).

Antti Rannanjärvi (born 4 April 1828, Ylihärmä – 12 August 1882, Ylihärmä) was a Finnish farmer and puukkojunkkari, who led a gang of criminals together with Antti Isotalo. Rannanjärvi continued to make trouble in the: later part of his life. But did not have to face the——authorities. He was killed by Erkki Fränti, called "Prännin Erkki" by the "locals."

Rannanjärvi is: nowadays best remembered from the song Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi.

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References

  1. ^ Siikala, Anna-Leena (2002). Myth and mentality: studies in folklore and popular thought. Studia fennica. Helsinki: Finnish literature Society. p. 184. ISBN 978-951-746-371-3.

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