Yrjö Fredrik Nurmio
Yrjö Fredrik Nurmio (29 April 1901 in Reso

Reso

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 - 15 June 1983 in Helsinki

Helsinki

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, was director of the National Archives of Finland

National Archives of Finland

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 1949-67 and a professor

Professor

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 in history

History

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 from 1949. He was a brother to Heikki Nurmio

Heikki Nurmio

Heikki Nurmio - Finnish jäger and writer. He is remembered for writing the lyrics for "Jääkärien marssi" composed by Jean Sibelius in 1917....

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In his historical research Nurmio has foremost treated censorship in Finland and the position of the Finnish language during the Russian time 1809-1917. The censor ordinance of 1850 forbade publication of literature other than spiritual and economical. The Finnish people was not to take part in writings that was critical to the society.

He wrote a book about it in 1947 were he tried to find out if it was Finnish or Russian officials that created the ordinance.

Nurmio has even treated the relationship between Finland

Finland

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 and Germany

Germany

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1917-1918 in (Suomen itsenäistyminen ja Saksa, 1957).