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Known Finnish-language catechisms from before the 18th century

Year	Author/Finnish translator	Printer	Published in	Title	Pages	Status	Notes
c. 1543	Mikael Agricola	Amund Laurentsson	Stockholm	Abckiria	16 (1st ed.) 24 (2nd/3rd ed.)	Mostly preserved	Primer-catechism. Second edition in 1551, third in 1559. No complete copies survive, but multiple fragments (from different editions) mean we can compile an effectively full copy. The first Finnish-language book ever published (that we are aware of).
1574	Paavali Juusten	Amund Laurentsson	Stockholm	Catechismus, somenkielen tulkittus udistettu ja jumalisten ja caunisten rukoisten ja kijtos sanain cansa enätty ia surella wisudella koottu somalaisten hywäxi ja jocapäiväsexi tarpexi, secä cotona että matkas.	?	Lost	Possibly based on Luther's Small Catechism. Final known surviving copy destroyed in the 1827 Great Fire of Turku.
c. 1581	Johannes Matthiae Jussoila	?	?	?	?	Unknown	Existence uncertain.
1583	Jaakko (Jacobus) Finno	Andreas Gutterwitz	Stockholm	Catechismus [...?] (1st ed) Catechismus eli sen christilisen opin pää cappalet, lyhykäisen vluos toimituxen cansa, yxikertaisil inhimisil sangen tarpelinen (2nd ed)	? (1st ed) 72 (2nd ed)	Partially lost	Based on Luther's Small Catechism. First edition only partially preserved. Second edition in 1615 (72 pages, printed by Christopher Reusner in Stockholm) preserved in its entirety.
1607	Simon Johannis Carelius	Staffan [Mylly]	Rostock	Catechismus, se on christilisen opin pääcappaleet, d. Martinus Lutherin vlostoimituxen cansa, soomen kielen tulkitut	72	Preserved	Luther's Small Catechism, no additions. Rediscovered in 2015.
1614	Ericus Erici Sorolainen	Christopher Reusner	Stockholm	Catechismus eli christilisen opin pääcappalet, lyhykäisen ja yxikerraitzen vlgostoimitoxen cansa	505	Preserved	Luther's Large Catechism.
c. 1614–1621	Ericus Erici Sorolainen	Christopher Reusner (1st ed) Ignatius Meurer (2nd ed)	Stockholm	— (title page begins with the letters of the alphabet)	16	Preserved	Primer-catechism. Preserved 2nd edition from 1629, 1st ed lost.
c. 1614–1621	Ericus Erici Sorolainen	Christopher Reusner or Ignatius Meurer (1st ed) Ignatius Meurer (2nd ed) etc.	Stockholm	Wähä catechismus, erinomaisten kysymisten ia wastausten cansa, vlgoswedetty suomen kielen catechismuxesta, ensistä oppiwaisten tähden	120 (2nd run)	Preserved	Based on Luther's Small Catechism. Republished numerous times. The title is from the 2nd run, as the 1st run is lost. Preserved copies belong to: 2nd run 1629, 7th run (64 pages) 1654, and as part of Manuale finnonicum (1630, 1653, 1658). 1st run fully lost, 3th and 4th run 1630 fully lost (except for the title page of the 4th run), 5th run 1651 (1630 in colophon) almost fully lost, 6th run 1654 (72 pages) fully lost, 8th run 1654 (60 pages) fully lost.
1628	Canutus Martini Carelius	Ignatio Meurero	Stockholm	Somen kielinen d. Martinus Lutherin pienembi catechismus saxan kielen jälken ojettu, a Canuto Carelio Vijdeburgio	80	Preserved	Based on Luther's Small Catechism.
1639–1640	?	?	?	?	?	Unknown	Supposed Cyrillic(!) catechism. Existence uncertain.
1643	Henricus Martini Fattebuur (ordered by Petrus Bjugg)	Peter van Selow	Stockholm	Catechismus...	?	Lost	Based on Luther's Small Catechism.
1644	Johan Roselindt/Johannes Roselin (ordered by Petrus Bjugg)	Peter van Selow	Stockholm	катехис͛мꙋсъ э҆́ли се христилинень опьпи меидень ꙋскомъ пѧе кап͛палегиста нꙋорелъ ꙗ ѷѯикєр͛таисеⷧ҇ кан͛саль сан͛генъ тар͛пелиненъ.	88	Preserved	Cyrillic(!) edition of the 1643 catechism
1664	Ericus Erici episc. Aboënsis	Ignatius Meurer	Stockholm	Wähä catechismus, erinomaisten kysymisten ia wastausten cansa, vlgoswedetty suomen kielen catechismuxesta, ensistä oppiwaisten tähden	72	Preserved	New version of the 1614–1621 Sorolainen catechism. Based on Luther's Small Catechism. Republished numerous times. Some runs are fully preserved, but most are either entirely or almost entirely lost. The title is from the 2nd edition, as the 1st ed is lost. Preserved copies belong to: 2nd run 1664–1668, 4th run 1670, 5th run 1682. Lost runs: 1st run fully lost, 3th run 1668 fully lost.
1666	Johannes Gezelius Sr.	Petar Hansson	Turku	Yxi paras lasten tawara on I. ABC kirja. II. Catechismus. III. Kysymyxet. IV. P. Raamatun erinomaiset opetus sanat	96	Preserved	Primer-catechism. Republished in multiple editions over 100 times. Many early print runs from the 17th century are entirely lost (e.g. 1670, 1674, 1680, 1682, 1683, 1687?).
1670	Johannes Gezelius Sr.	Johan Winter	Turku	Mutamat yxikertaiset kysymyxet, uloswedetyt endisistä,ja pidemmistä kysymyxistä (cuin owat cootut nijden tähden, jotca tahtowat Lutheruxen selityxen P. Ramatun perustoxella wahwista) ja uloskäynet, että yhtäläinen tapa pidettäisin caikisa seuracuñisa	24	Preserved	Based on Luther's Small Catechism. 1st ed lost, title and page count from 2nd ed (1671). 3rd ed (1673) also lost. Later runs from 1680s-1690s survive.
1674	Jacobus Pauli Raumannus	Johan Winter	Turku	D. Martinus Lutheruxen Catechismus se suurembi hänen cuningallisen Maij:tins cuningas Carlein, sen XI. Ruotzin, Göthein, ja Wendein, etc. etc. suurwoimallisimman cuningan ja herran armollisimman käskystä, ja culutuxella.	240	Preserved	Luther's Large Catechism.
1684	Johannes Gezelius Sr.	Johan Winter	Turku	Yxi paras lasten tawara on I. ABC kirja. II. Catechismus. III. Kysymyxet. IV. Muutamat jumaliset rucouxet.	72	Preserved	Primer-catechism. New version of 1666 catechism. Republished at least in 1687, 1691, 1693.
1687	?	Henric Keyser	Stockholm	Catechesis, taicka summa sijtä pyhäst Raamatust. Joca sisälläns pitä ne cuusi pääkappaletta sijtä christillisest opist. Nuorudelle ja nijlle yxikertaisille suurex hyödytyxex, kysymyxis käsitetty. D. Martinvs Lvthervxelda	96	Preserved	Translation of Luther's Small Catechism.
1689	Petrus Bång	Daniel Medelplan	Vyborg	Catechismus...	26	Lost	Translation of Luther's Small Catechism. Some pages may be preserved in a 1690 book.
1695	?	Johann Georg Wilk	Riga	D. Mart. Lutheruxen Catechismus, ulostoimitusten cansa	62	Preserved	Translation of Luther's Small Catechism.
1695	?	Johann Georg Wilk	Riga	Pyhän Lutheruxen catechismus, lyhykäisest pyhän Raamatun jälken selitetty ja cokonpandu kysymysten ja wastausten canssa	145	Preserved	Translation of Luther's Small Catechism.

Honorable mention: Daniel Medelplan's primer-catechism printed in Pälkäne in 1719 during the Great Wrath, called Lasten Paras Tawara, elli ABC-Kirja, joca on suuren tarpeen tähden leicattu Puuhun ja Pälkänen Seurakunnan Saarnamiesten toimituxen cautta, and printed and published by the author. The book, which was apparently based on the 1666 Gezelius primer-catechism, was printed with wooden printing plates. It is lost, as the only known surviving copy was destroyed in the 1827 Great Fire of Turku.