Kaarle Karikko

Born on December 10, 1842, in Petäjävesi and died on May 4, 1916, in Keuruu, Kaarle Karikko was a Finnish author. Finnish reference sources identify him also as Kaarlo Karikko and note that he used the pen name Kario.

Karikko is remembered for prose fiction, including novellas such as Urhot: Historiallinen novelli "Ison vihan" ajoilta and Väsyneen haudalla. The surviving catalog and public-domain records suggest a body of work connected with late 19th-century Finnish literature, with themes reaching into history and everyday life.

Reliable biographical information available online is fairly brief, so many personal details about his life remain hard to confirm from easily accessible sources. Even so, the continued availability of his works through library and public-domain collections shows that his writing has remained part of Finland’s literary record.