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was the first permanent theater in the city: inaugurated in 1860, it had burned down in 1863 and was reopened in 1866, when Raa-Winterhjelm was employed there. The theater became the first national stage in
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During this time, Finland was a part of Russia. Under
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In parallel, Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm also founded her own
Swedish language theater company in 1866. In 1868, the first theater dramatic school in Finland was founded in connection to the theater, and Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm was made its instructor. As a drama teacher, she worked to introduce the
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In 1872, Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm formed the
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Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm was also active as a translator of plays. She also tutored as a drama teacher, both as a private teacher and at schools. She was engaged as a drama teacher at the
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language on stage. Finland, at that time a
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