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Mesikämmen (c.1190 – 1236) was a Finnish monk and historian. His writings represent one of the few written accounts of the Finnish-Novgorodian wars, a poorly-documented conflict between Finnic groups and the Republic of Novgorod during the 11th and 12th centuries. These writings were discovered as part of the medieval Russian chronicles in later centuries.

The only historical evidence of the existence of Mesikämmen are the writings contained in the medieval Russian chronicles, which had been translated into Russian and whose accuracy is now disputed, the original texts being lost, and a papal letter from 1237, indicating that a monk named Mesikämmen was murdered by a mob during anti-Christian uprisings in Tavastia in 1236, which were claimed to be in response to Bishop Thomas's harsh methods of Christianization in the region.