Introduction

Biography

Wilhelmi was the son of Nils Gus­tav Malm­berg and He­le­na Jaak­on­ty­tär Huh­ta­la, and hus­band of Kar­in Ra­jan­der.

He be­longed to the sy­nod of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal Lu­ther­an Church of Fin­land. He served as an as­sist­ant pas­tor in Kiu­ru­ve­si (1879–92), vi­car of Paa­vo­la (now Sii­ka­jo­ki) (1892–1900), and vi­car of La­pua (1900–22).

He was a lead­er of the Fin­nish Awak­en­ing move­ment (her­än­näi­syys or kört­til­äi­syys) in the ear­ly 20th Cen­tu­ry. He was also a rep­re­sent­a­tive of the cler­gy in the pre-in­de­pen­dence Di­et of Fin­land, and mem­ber of the Fin­nish par­lia­ment from the Fin­nish Party (1907–18) and the Na­tion­al Co­a­li­tion Par­ty (1918–20).

His hymn texts ap­peared in the Fin­nish Si­ion­in vir­ret and the hym­nal of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal Lu­ther­an Church of Fin­land.

Works

• Viestejä vaivatuille, 1927–33, a 2-vol­ume set of his ser­mons
• Kaita tie Joonaan kir­jan va­los­sa, 1900
• Puolivuosisataa her­än­neiden kes­kuu­des­sa, 1914
• Elämän ääni