BROMS, BROR (, Heinola–, Mäntyharju), former opera singer who toured Finland presenting Finnish folk songs and Finnish art songs.
Bror Broms's name caught the attention of the public when he sang two songs by Fredrik August Ehrström at the composer's memorial service on Feb. 10, 1851. Broms, who had lost one eye, was twenty-five years old and penniless. Some individuals and Fredrik Pacius's Symphony Society gathered enough money to send Broms to...