Eino Jutikkala

Eino Kaarlo Ilmari Jutikkala (24 October 1907 in Sääksmäki–22 December 2006 in Helsinki), until 1931 Eino Rinne, was a Finnish historian, and professor of history at the University of Helsinki from 1950 to 1974. He had an exceptionally long and prolific career, and is considered one of the most important Finnish historians of the 20th century.

Jutikkala wrote mainly about collective phenomena in history, focussing on social and economic history. His main contributions are in the areas of early modern period economic history and historical demography. His methodological innovations are also thought to have greatly improved the quality of local history research in Finland.^[1]

For generations of English-speaking readers he has made Finland's history known through his book A History of Finland, written with Kauko Pirinen.^[2]

In his will, Jutikkala donated twenty-two million euros to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters to be used to support research in the humanities.

Selected works

• Läntisen Suomen kartanolaitos Ruotsin vallan viimeisenä aikana I-II (1932) (his doctoral dissertation)
• Finnlands Lebensraum (with Väinö Auer, 1941)
• Suomen talonpojan historia (1942) (History of the Finnish Peasant)
• Uudenajan taloushistoria (1953)
• A History of Finland (with Kauko Pirinen, 1962)
• Kuolemalla on aina syynsä (1987)

References

1. ↑ Uppslagsverket Finland, 2 (2004)
2. ↑ Nationalencyklopedin 1993

Literature

• Nationalencyklopedin, 10 (1993)
• Uppslagsverket Finland, 2 (2004)

See also

• Eino Jutikkala in 375 humanists – 7 May 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.