Brotherus is a surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 used first around 1600 by Stephan Sigfridi Brotherus who was a priest in the town of Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Nowadays there are about 100 people alive with this surname, most of who are living in Finland.

Several well-known people bear this surname.
The botanist Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus , Finnish botanist who studied the mosses , best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Engler and Prantl's Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien.-Personal life:...

 was a well-known bearer of the name. Many alive and deceased members of the family can be found from Brotherus family database maintained by Robert Brotherus.

Elina Brotherus is one a well-known photographer who attended the Helsinki School.

Robert Brotherus is a Finnish rally driver, who helped bring back the Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race

Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race

The Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race, also known as the Climb to the Clouds, is a timed hillclimb auto race up the Mount Washington Auto Road to the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. It is one of the oldest auto races in the country, first run on July 11th and 12th, 1904, predating...

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