Ernst Evald Bergroth (April 1, 1857 – November 22, 1925)[1] was a Finnish physician and amateur entomologist.
After his return to Finland, Bergroth lived in Turtola (now Pello), Jämsä and finally Ekenäs, until his death on November 22, 1925.
[1] Even as a young student, Bergroth was interested in natural history, and joined the Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica in 1875.
He specialised in the craneflies of the family Tipulidae and bugs of the suborder Heteroptera, and published more than 300 papers in his lifetime.
He was fluent in many languages, and wrote in German, Latin, English, French, Swedish and Italian.