Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Kaarlo Bergbom Kaarlo Bergbom (2 October 1843, Vyborg, Viipuri – 17 January 1906) was a Finland, Finnish theatre director. He was the founder of the Finnish National Theatre, the first Finnish language theatre company. Though he wrote very little as a play ...

(1843–1906), Finnish theatre director * Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist * Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Finland * Kaarlo Edvard Kivekäs (1866–1940), Finnish general * Kaarlo Ekholm (1884–1946), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Kaarlo Halttunen (1909–1986), Finnish actor *

Kaarlo Harvala Kaarlo Harvala (1885–1942) was a Finnish journalist and politician who was among the chairmen of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. He held the post between 1930 and 1942. He was also a member of the Finnish Parlia ...

(1885–1942), Finnish journalist and politician *

Kaarlo Heiskanen Kaarlo Aleksanteri (Aleksander) Heiskanen (28 October 1894 in Joroinen – 6 November 1962 in Hämeenlinna) was a Finnish general and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defe ...

(1894–1962), Finnish general and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross * Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952), Finnish jurist and academic *

Kaarlo Kangasniemi Kaarlo Olavi Kangasniemi (born 4 February 1941) is a retired Finnish weightlifter. Between 1968 and 1972 he won one Olympic, two world and two European titles in the 90 kg division, becoming the only Finnish weightlifter to win either an Ol ...

(born 1941), former Finnish weightlifter * Kaarlo Koskelo (1888–1953), Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Kaarlo "Kalle" Kustaa Paasia (1883–1961), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics *

Kaarlo Leinonen Kaarlo Olavi Leinonen (15 March 1914 – 19 April 1975) was a Finnish general and Minister of Defence from December 1963 to September 1964. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1969 and 1974. Leinonen was born in Tervol ...

(1914–1975), Finnish general and Minister of Defence * Kaarlo Linkola (born Collan) (1888–1942), Finnish botanist and phytogeographer * Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892–1980), Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion *

Kaarlo Maaninka Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka (born 25 December 1953) is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood tran ...

(born 1953), former Finnish long-distance runner * Kaarlo Rantanen (born 1988), Finnish football player *

Kaarlo Sarkia Kaarlo Sarkia (11 May 1902 – 16 November 1945) was a Finnish poet and translator who was influenced by romantic poetry. His poems include motifs like childhood memories, love, landscapes and dreamworld, and in his last collection of poetry also ...

(1902–1945), Finnish poet * Kaarlo Soinio (1888–1960), Finnish gymnast and amateur football (soccer) player * Kaarlo Tuominen (1908–2006), Finnish steeplechase runner *

Kaarlo Uskela Kaarlo Uskela (4 March 1878 – 19 April 1922) was a Finnish satiric author, poet and anarchist. Uskela is best known of his 1921 anthology ''Pillastunut runohepo'' which was banned in 1933, eleven years after Uskela's death. Uskela was born ...

(1878–1922), Finnish writer, poet and anarchist * Kaarlo Vähämäki (born 1892), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *

Kaarlo Väkevä Kaarlo Olavi Väkevä (2 March 1909 – 27 March 1932) was a Finnish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Jakobstad and died in Aalborg, Denmark. In 1928, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the featherweight ...

(1909–1932), Finnish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics * Kaarlo Vasama (1885–1926), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *

Kaarlo Wirilander ''Kaarlo'' Verner Wirilander (14 August 1908 in Mikkeli – 16 October 1988 in Mikkeli), was a Finnish historian. Wirilander was 1935–1958 an official at the Finnish war archives. Wirilander's research on social history Social history, o ...

(1908–1988), Finnish historian

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{{given name Finnish masculine given names

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