author
Liina Röösgrén
1882–1945
A Finnish novelist and businesswoman, she wrote emotionally charged fiction in the early 20th century, including the artist novel Murtuneita toiveita. Her life and work suggest a writer balancing literature with the practical world of business in Helsinki.
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Kohtalon leikkiä
by Liina Röösgrén
About the author
Born Aliina Fredrika Kataja in 1882, she later used the name Liina Röösgrén and was remembered as both a writer and a businesswoman. Finnish biographical sources describe her as a shopkeeper or business operator as well as an author, and note that she was active in Helsinki during the 1920s.
Her debut was the two-part novel Murtuneita toiveita in 1919. She later published Kohtalon leikkiä in 1923 and Paholaisen voittokulku in 1930, building a small but distinctive body of fiction across the interwar years.
Some details of her name history remain a little unclear in the sources, but the main outline is consistent: she was born in 1882, worked in business, wrote fiction, and died in 1945. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included.