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August Bernhard Mäkelä
b. 1863
A sharp, early voice in Finland’s labor movement, he wrote with humor, bite, and a strong sense of social purpose. His work ranged from journalism and political writing to light satirical sketches.
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Ruukin jaloissa
by August Bernhard Mäkelä
About the author
Born on July 12, 1863, in Kustavi, August Bernhard Mäkelä was a Finnish journalist, writer, and political activist. He is commonly known as A. B. Mäkelä, and Finnish reference sources describe him as one of the early founders of the Finnish labor movement.
As a writer, he was especially known for pakina, a short, witty form of satirical prose. Alongside his journalism, he also published books, and his name appears in major public-domain and library records, which suggests a fairly broad body of work.
Mäkelä died on February 28, 1932, in Sointula on Malcolm Island in British Columbia, Canada. Even in a brief overview, he stands out as a figure who connected literature, journalism, and political organizing in a formative period of Finnish social history.