Hannu Veli Soikkanen (4 August 1930 – 9 May 2020) was a Finnish historian. Soikkanen was active in the study of Finland's history 1962–66 at the
University of Turku, and 1967–76 in economic and social history. Between 1976 and 1993 he was a professor in social history at
Helsinki University
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Biography
Hannu Veli Soikkanen was born on 4 August 1930 in
Sippola. He earned his
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in 1954, then went on to study the working class movement and the
social democratic party's history, and also the communal self-governments history in
Finland. Amongst his works are ''Sosialismin tulo Suomeen'' (1961), which is about the coming of
socialism to Finland, ''Kunnallinen itsehallinto kansanvallan perusteena'' (1966), about the
communes, ''Kansalaissota dokumentteina'' (1967–69), a selection of sources to the
Finnish civil war 1918, ''Luovutetun Karjalan työväenliikkeen historia'' (1970), about the
Karelia
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n working class movement and ''Kohti kansanvaltaa 1-3'' (1975–91), which treats the social democratic party's history up to 1952. He has also published local historical works such as ''
Varkauden historia'' (1963) and ''
Sulkava
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n historia II'' (2002, with Paavo Seppänen). Soikkanen died in
Helsinki on 9 May 2020, at the age of 89.
References
Sources
* ''
Uppslagsverket Finland'', 4 (2006)
1930 births
2020 deaths
People from Kouvola
20th-century Finnish historians
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
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