Einar Wilhelm Juva

Einar Wilhelm Juva (7 January 1892 in Raahe

Raahe

Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...

-6 September 1966 in Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

. His surname was until 1935 Juvelius. He was a Finnish

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...

 historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, professor

Professor

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 at Turku University

Turku University

Turku University may refer to:* Åbo Akademi University* The Royal Academy of Turku* Turku School of Economics* Turku University of Applied Sciences* The University of Turku...

 1920-55.

He mainly outlined Finlands military and geopolitical position in the Swedish empire in the 18th century. He wrote also a survey in 10 parts on Finlands history: Suomen Kansan aikakirjat (1927–38), were he popularised the results of the historical research. The work should be regarded as a Finnish counterpart to the works of the Swedish historian Carl Grimberg

Carl Grimberg

Carl Gustaf Grimberg was a Swedish historian. Grimberg's most famous work is his history of Sweden, Svenska folkets underbara öden . In 1926 Grimberg began to publish his history of the world, Världshistoria, but he did not finish it before his death.-External links:*...

. Juva also wrote a biography

Biography

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 of P. E. Svinhufvud

Svinhufvud

Svinhufvud is a family of ancient Swedish nobility originating from Dalarna. The family is incorporated both at the Swedish House of Nobility and the Finnish House of Nobility....

 and Rudolf Walden

Rudolf Walden

Karl Rudolf Walden was a Finnish industrialist and general.He received his military education in Hamina Cadet School 1892–1900....

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Together with his son Mikko Juva

Mikko Juva

Mikko Einar Juva , was a Finnish historian, theologian and archbishop. He was professor in Nordic history 1957-1962 at Turku University and professor in Finnish and Scandinavian history and church history at Helsinki University 1962-1978...

he wrote (5 parts, 1964–67).