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Ilmarinen

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[eel-mah-ree-nuhn] / ˈil mɑˌri nən /

noun

Finnish Legend.
  1. one of the heroes of the Kalevala.


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According to Refinitiv, Finland’s Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company owned 13 million shares in the ETF in September, making it the No.1 investor in the fund at the time.

From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2021

Finland's little fleet, centred around the shallow-draft pocket-battleships Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen moved cautiously to meet them.

From Time Magazine Archive

One hair gold, another copper, And the third was all of silver; Others might therein feel pleasure, Ilmarinen felt no pleasure.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot

Said the smith, said Ilmarinen "She would be a pretty maiden, 160 If she had the art of speaking, And had sense, and spoke discreetly."

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot

Ilmarinen forges the Sampo, but the maiden declines to marry him at present, and he returns home disconsolate.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

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