Teuvo Pakkala

• Name — Teuvo Pakkala • Born — 9 April 1862 • Birthplace — Oulu, Finland • Died — 17 May 1925 • Place of death — Kuopio, Finland

Teuvo Pakkala was born in Oulu, Finland, where he also went to school. He studied medicine, languages and history in the university. His writing career started as a journalist. He also translated works of Norwegian writers Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, Alexander Kielland and Knut Hamsun. As a journalist he followed closely the industrialisation and urbanisation of Oulu in the 1870s and 1880s. Pakkala was skilful in describing people, especially women and children. He worked as a teacher 1907–1920, and shows in his books about children an unprecedented understanding of child psychology. His works were not much appreciated in his own time. One of the reasons may be, that he also wrote "folk drama", including a very popular musical play "Tukkijoella". Tukkijoella is a comedy about lumberjacks, and it is still the most-performed play in Finland. Pakkala worked also in Jyväskylä and died in Kuopio. He is buried in the Oulu Cemetery.

• Illustration — Sotapolulla (1921), written and directed by Pakkala Late in his life, Teuvo Pakkala became interested in filmmaking. In 1921 he co-founded the original Finn Film in Oulu, Finland, with Toivo T. Kaila and G.H. Michelson. Finn Film produced its only movie, Sotapolulla (On the Warpath), in 1921. Pakkala wrote the screenplay and directed the film.

• Kauppaneuvoksen härkä (1901) • Meripoikia (1915) • Tukkijoella (1899)

• Aapinen (1908) • Kirjeet 1882–1925 (1982) • Lapsuuteni muistoja (1885)

• Aina (= Forssman, Edith): Uusia kertomuksia Iltalampun ääressä (1895) • Hamsun, Knut: Victoria (1899) • Hellwald, Friedrich Anton Heller von: Maa ja sen kansat (1900) • Ibsen, Henrik: Pikku Eyolf (1895) • Kielland, Alexander Lange: Työmiehiä (1884) • Lie, Jonas: Luotsi ja hänen vaimonsa (1895) • Malot, Hector: Koditon 1–2 (1898–1899) • Meyer, Leopold: Pienten lasten hoito (1904) • Nansen, Fridtjof: Pohjan pimeillä perillä 1–2 (1896–1897) • Nansen, Fridtjof: Suksilla poikki Grönlannin (1896) • Weyman, Stanley: Susi (1898)

Teuvo Pakkala was recorded at birth as Teodor Oskar Johaninpoika Frosterus. The authorities additionally record the headings Teodor Oskar Johaninpoika Frosterus and Teodor Oskar Frosterus. His recorded language was Finnish. He married Agnes Pakkala. 2 children are recorded: Samuli Pakkala and Erkki Pakkala. Recorded as writer, translator, journalist and film director.

• Oulua soutamassa (1885) • Vaaralla (1891) • Elsa (1894) • Lapsia (1895) • Pieni elämäntarina (1902) • Pikku ihmisiä (1913) • Kertomuksia (1928) • Väliaita ja muita kadonneita kertomuksia (1986)