Life Aleksis Stenvall was born in Palojoki village, Nurmijärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland. His parents were the village tailor Erik Johan Stenvall (1798–1866) and Anna-Kristiina Hamberg (1793–1863). Aleksis had three older brothers – Johannes, Emanuel, and Albert – and a younger sister, Agnes, who died in 1851 at the age of 13.
Life Aleksis Stenvall was born in Palojoki village Nurmijärvi Grand Duchy of Finland His parents were the village tailor Erik Johan Stenvall (1798–1866) and Anna-Kristiina Hamberg (1793–1863) Aleksis had three older brothers – Johannes Emanuel and Albert – and a younger sister Agnes who died in 1851 at the age of 13