to a rented house in Varkaus. After her husband's death 20 May 1890, Haapasalo moved for the last time. Daughter Fia's family moved to Jyväskylä and Haapasalo followed. She died 29 Mar 1893 and was buried there. In 1899 the Society of Young Finns placed a granite stone on her grave. Haapasalo's extensive repertory was mostly spiritual songs, folk dances, ballads as well as her own songs, which often emphasized sorrow. One time when she returned from a trip she heard that two of her children were to be buried that day. She arrived at the cemetery to hear that an epidemic had taken two of her children. Court artist R. W. Ekman has immortalized her on three canvases. The most well-known picture of her is one by Arvid Liljelund in Tusby - a painted portrait where Haapasalo stands at a window singing and playing as one of her small grandsons sits and listens. Legacy Aleksis Kivi mentioned her in his poem Anjanpellon markkivat: "Vaimo vakaa Pohjanmaalta soitti kanteleella lempiäll." (The serious woman from Österbotten played her beautiful kantele.) In 1954 a statue was erected in her memory in Kaustby with Ilmari Wirkkala as a prime sponsor. Another monument was erected at her homeplace in Veteli. In the early 1990s Finland honored her and five other women on postage stamps. References Sources Anneli Asplund: Haapasalo, Kreta (1813–1893) Kansallisbiografia-e . 14.3.2000. Helsingfors: Finska Litteratursällskapet. 1815 births 1893 deaths 19th-century composers Finnish composers 19th-century Finnish women singers Kantele players 19th-century women composers