Historical Dictionary of Finland

Titus Hjelm is associate professor in the study of religion at the University of Helsinki. He was previously reader in sociology at University College London, teaching courses on Finnish society and culture at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He has published widely in the field of sociology of religion, social theory, and Finnish national identity. George Maude studied history at the London School of Economics and was Bryce Memorial Scholar of the University of London. He was, for many years, docent in international relations at the Law Department of the University of Turku and has also taught at the University of Eastern Finland. He is the author of The Finnish Dilemma and The Finnish-Norwegian Tangle.

Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff

Preface and Acknowledgments Titus Hjelm

Alphabetization and Language Note

Finnish and Swedish Place-Names

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Map

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendix A: Heads of State

Appendix B: Heads of Government in Independent Finland—Party of the Prime Minister and Parties in the Government

Bibliography

About the Authors