Arvi Karisto

Born in Hämeenlinna in 1879, Arvi Aleksanteri Karisto was a Finnish publisher and writer. He founded the publishing business that became Arvi A. Karisto Oy and spent much of his life building it into an important literary and printing enterprise in his hometown.

Biographical sources note that he also published dozens of short stories around the turn of the 20th century. Alongside his publishing work, he was active in local public life in Hämeenlinna, and he remained a visible cultural figure there for decades.

Karisto died in Hämeenlinna in 1958. He is remembered above all for his long influence on Finnish publishing and for the company that continued under his name.