Kaarlo Bergbom
Finnish theatre director
Kaarlo Juhana (Karl Johan) Bergbom (2 October 1843, Viipuri – 17 January 1906, Helsinki) was a Finnish theatre director. He was also the founder of the Finnish National Theatre, the first Finnish language theatre company.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Kaarlo Bergbom (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Oct 2, 1843, died Jan 17, 1906.1
About
He was joint director of the Finnish National Theatre with his sister Emilie Bergbom from its foundation in 1872 until her death in 1905.
He wrote (though very little) as a playwright, and he was responsible for introducing a number of important Finnish dramatists, particularly Minna Canth, and Finnish translations of William Shakespeare and other foreign writers. Bergbom also founded the magazine Kirjallinen Kuukausilehti.
He was the brother of senator Ossian Wuorenheimo as well as Emilie Bergbom. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kaarlo Bergbom, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Finnish National TheatreFounder8
Career
Occupation: director, writer, theatre director, theatre manager.4
- Date not recordedFounded Finnish National Theatre3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataKaarlo Bergbom on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKaarlo Bergbom on Wikipedia
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- 9Wikimedia CommonsKaarlo Bergbom photo by K. O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927), Public domain