Artturi Järviluoma

Kustaa Artturi Järviluoma (9 August 1879 – 31 January 1942) was a Finnish journalist, screenwriter and author.

He is best known for his play Pohjalaisia (The Ostrobothnians), which later formed the basis for a popular opera by Leevi Madetoja.

[1][2] Järviluoma was born in Alavus and attended the Lyceum at Vaasa but dropped out of school.

He then attended the University of Helsinki, studying mathematics from 1902 to 1903 and then law from 1904 to 1909, but he did not complete a degree.

He was a founding member of the Finnish Dramatists' Union in the 1920s and served as both secretary and chairman during the 1930s.