The Diamondking of Sahara

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

A self-published book. Printed in K.F. Puromies Limited, 1935.

The only Finnish science fiction book mentioned in Brian Aldiss' Trillion Year Spree.

Published
1935
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Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

Georg Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (born Wetterhoff-Asp, 1870–1946) was a Finnish artist and amateur egyptologist. He is best known for his fantastic theories of the past of the Finnish people. Some consider him a late practitioner of Gothicismus. His parents were Georg August Asp (1834—1901), professor of anatomy at the University of Helsinki and Mathilda Sofia Wetterhoff (1840—1920), developer of female gymnastics. Wettenhovi-Aspa stadied art in Copenhagen in the klg. Akademiet for de Skønne Kunster and the Kröyer Academy 1888-1891.