Kaarlo Bergbom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish theatre director
Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1843
Place of Birth: Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 17-Jan-1906
Profession: writer, theater director
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Kaarlo Bergbom
- Kaarlo Bergbom (2 October 1843, Viipuri – 17 January 1906) was a 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 playwright, 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 and Emilie Bergbom.
- He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.
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