Gustaf Renvall

Gustaf Renvall (1781 in Halikko – 1841) was a Finnish philologist.

Renvall was the son of a horse breeder and graduated in 1801. He was ordained as priest in 1806 and received the honour of Master in 1811.

Renvall started as a docent of Finnish at the Academy of Turku and later was named assistant professor of education. In 1819, he became a clergyman in Uskela and in 1829 in Ulvila

Noted works

• De orthoëpia et orthographia linguae fenniae (established the orthography of Finnish)
• Suomalainen Sana-Kirja (1826, "Finnish Dictionary")
• Finsk språklära (advocated the western dialect of Finnish, in the so-called "dialect debates", as the basis for the Finnish written language)