Kaarlo Bergbom (2 October 1843, Viipuri – 17 January 1906) was a

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theatre director. He was the founder of the

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, the first

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theatre company. Though he wrote very little as a playwright, he was responsible for introducing a number of important Finnish dramatists, particularly

Minna Canth Minna Canth (; born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson; 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresse ...

, and Finnish translations of

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and other foreign writers. Bergbom also founded the magazine ''Kirjallinen Kuukausilehti''. He was the brother of senator

Ossian Wuorenheimo Ossian Wuorenheimo (until 1906 Bergbom) (3 December 1845, Viborg - 13 June 1917, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politi ...

and

Emilie Bergbom ''Emilie'' Sofia Bergbom (1834−1905) was a Finnish theater director. She was a supporter of the Fennoman movement. She was joint director of the Finnish National Theatre The Finnish National Theatre ( fi, Suomen Kansallisteatteri), esta ...

. He is buried in the

Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery ( fi, Hietaniemen hautausmaa, sv, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state ...

in Helsinki.

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* 1843 births 1906 deaths People from Vyborg People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Finnish people 19th-century Finnish dramatists and playwrights Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery {{Finland-writer-stub