{{more footnotes|date=January 2014}} '''Juhana "Johan" Fredrik Cajan''' (13 September 1815 – 28 February 1887) was a Finnish clergyman and historian, the author of the first history of Finland written in Finnish.<ref>Charles Dudley Warner, ed., ''Library of the world's best literature'', vol. 43, 1896, [https://archive.org/stream/libraryofworldsb43warn#page/n11/mode/2up p.295]</ref>
Cajan was born in Sotkamo, Finland and died in Piippola, Finland.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Cajan's parents were Johann Cajan and Eva Elfving. After his exam he traveled to Lapland. During his studies, he got to know Elias Lönnrot, and he collected folklore with him. Cajan wrote about Finland's history (in the Finnish language) in the publication ''Mehiläinen'' 1839-40. He used writing names as '''J. F. Kainonen''' and '''J. F. Kajaani'''. His magnum opus is ''Suomen Historia, koetteeksi kerrottu lyhykäiset järjestyksessä''. Cajan wrote the first non-fiction literature in Finnish.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
In 1842 Cajan married Adolfina Augusta Tauler (died 1858).
Cajan eventually suffered from mental illness.{{which|date=January 2014}}{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
== References == {{reflist}} * ''Facta'', 1 (1973) * Klinge, Matti, ''Idyll och hot'' (2000)
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