Raoul af Hällström

Born in Tampere on February 14, 1899, Raoul af Hällström was a Finnish-Swedish journalist, critic, and stage director whose career touched many parts of the arts. He completed a master's degree in 1923 and studied at Svenska Teatern's acting school in the early 1920s.

Rather than fitting into a single label, he is best understood as a cultural figure with unusually broad interests. Sources describe him as a contributor to several newspapers, a theater and dance critic, a director, and a translator of plays and radio dramas. He was also part of the circle around the modernist magazine Ultra, linking him to an important moment in Finland-Swedish literary culture.

For decades he worked in journalism, including long service with Svenska Pressen, later Nya Pressen, and then Helsingin Sanomat. He died in Helsinki on January 17, 1975. A suitable confirmed portrait image could not be reliably found from the sources checked during this search.