Kustaa Vilkuna
Kustaa Vilkuna (right) with President Urho Kekkonen.
Kustaa Gideon Vilkuna (26 October 1902 – 6 April 1980) was a Finnish ethnologist, linguist and historian. He was appointed a professor of ethnology at the University of Helsinki in 1950. In politics, he was a member of the Agrarian League and the Minister of Education in Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet. He was also closely associated with then-president Urho Kekkonen, being even described as the éminence grise of Kekkonen.[1]
His grandsons Janne Vilkuna and Kustaa H. J. Vilkuna are historians as well.
References
- ↑ Haataja, Lauri (19 December 1993). "Harmaa eminenssi Kustaa Vilkuna loi realismin ajan suomalaiset sankarit". HS.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
External links
- Kustaa Vilkuna in 375 humanists – 12 April 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.
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