Fame after Death: The Unusual Story of a Finnish Mummy and Difficulties Involving its Study

• Main Authors: Väre, Tiina, Núñez, Milton, Niinimäki, Jaakko, Junno, Juho-Antti, Niinimäki, Sirpa, Vilkama, Rosa, Niskanen, Markku
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Suomalaisen Kuolemantutkimuksen Seura Ry 2023
• Subjects: Keino; Keminmaa; Lapland
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/thanatos/article/view/137445

The cool, ventilated milieus beneath the floors of old Finnish churches are responsible for the natural mummification in church graves. One good example of such preservation are the remains of an early 17th-century vicar of Kemi parish, Nikolaus Rungius. He died in 1629 and was put to rest under the...