Kaarlo Forsman

Born in 1851, he was a Finnish teacher, translator, and nonfiction writer who published under the name Kaarlo Forsman before taking the surname Koskimies in 1906. Reliable library and reference sources connect him especially with translation work and educational writing.

He is credited with works such as Kreikkalaisten ja roomalaisten mytologiia eli jumalaistarut ja sankarisadut, and sources also list Finnish translations of authors including Goethe, Horace, Runeberg, Viktor Rydberg, and Carl Snoilsky. That mix of mythology, poetry, and literary translation suggests a writer interested in opening the wider European tradition to Finnish readers.

He died in 1918. Although detailed biographical information appears to be limited in easily accessible sources, the record that remains shows a literary educator whose work helped carry both classical stories and lyric verse into Finnish reading life.