''Erik'' Anders Allardt (9 August 1925 – 25 August 2020) was a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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sociologist.
Allardt served as professor of sociology at the
University of Helsinki
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between 1955 and 1991, and as
chancellor
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of
Åbo Akademi University
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between 1992 and 1994. He is one of the most well-known and internationally distinguished Nordic social scientists. In 1995, Allardt was awarded the honorary title of ''akateemikko''. He was born in
Helsinki
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, and died there on 25 August, 2020. He was a fellow of the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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History
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from 1982.
Allardt was the grandson of philologist
Ivar Heikel.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allardt, Erik
1925 births
2020 deaths
Finnish sociologists
Academic personnel of the University of Helsinki
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters