Algot Untola

Algot Untola (28 November 1868[1] – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish writer and journalist.

Untola had many pen names including Irmari Rantamala, Maiju Lassila, Algoth Tietäväinen, Väinö Stenberg, J.I.

Untola refused to take the state literature prize which he got from these books.

During the Finnish Civil War in 1918 he actively supported the Red side[2] as a newspaper editor.

He was arrested by White troops after the Battle of Helsinki and shot dead on 21 May 1918 in Helsinki on a transport of rebel prisoners to the Suomenlinna prison camp.