Mikko Einar Juva 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

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, theologian and archbishop

Archbishop

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. He was professor in Nordic history 1957-1962 at Turku University

Turku University

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 and professor in Finnish and Scandinavian history and church history at Helsinki University 1962-1978. He was also a member of the Finnish parliament 1962-66 and the chairman of Liberal People's Party

Liberals (Finland)

Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

 1965-1968.

In his youth Mikko Juva took part in the Christian student movement and was student minister 1948-1950. He was archbishop of Finland 1978-1982. The most important assignment is his presidency in the Lutheran World Federation

Lutheran World Federation

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 1970-1977. He also published writings in historical and church historical subjects.

He was the son of Einar W. Juva

Einar W. Juva

Einar Wilhelm Juva Einar Wilhelm Juva Einar Wilhelm Juva (7 January 1892 in Raahe-6 September 1966 in Turku. His surname was until 1935 Juvelius. He was a Finnish historian, professor at Turku University 1920-55....

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