A discussion with academician Eino Jutikkala

Abstract

Academician Eino Jutikkala was closely involved in the founding and editing of the Scandinavian Economic History Review from the very beginning. Professor Ernst Söderlund's first letter to Jutikkala came in the spring of 1950. The letter plans a common Nordic meeting in the coming autumn. Söderlund had written to five Finnish scholars with economic and social history interests, namely Professors Jutikkala, Hugo Pipping, Carl Erik Knoellinger and Bruno Suviranta as well as Minister of Finance Nils Meinander. Söderlund proposed that about a dozen scholars should meet in the autumn. The first letter from Söderlund is cast in very polite terms and is suggestive of a somewhat remote or new relationship.

Academician Eino Jutikkala was the first professor of economic and social history in Finland 19501954, based in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. In 1954 he was appointed to the chair of Finnish history at the Department of History in the Faculty of Philosophy, also at the University of Helsinki. When Jutikkala relinguished the personal professorship the work was partly continued by docent Kustaa Hautala. Hautala arranged examinations for students who had started economic and social history studies earlier, but it was not possible to start studies in economic and social history again until 1960, when Sven-Erik Astrom was appointed personal extraordinary professor of economic and social history.

Academician Eino Jutikkala was the first professor of economic and social history in Finland 19501954, based in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. In 1954 he was appointed to the chair of Finnish history at the Department of History in the Faculty of Philosophy, also at the University of Helsinki. When Jutikkala relinguished the personal professorship the work was partly continued by docent Kustaa Hautala. Hautala arranged examinations for students who had started economic and social history studies earlier, but it was not possible to start studies in economic and social history again until 1960, when Sven-Erik Astrom was appointed personal extraordinary professor of economic and social history.

Notes

Academician Eino Jutikkala was the first professor of economic and social history in Finland 19501954, based in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. In 1954 he was appointed to the chair of Finnish history at the Department of History in the Faculty of Philosophy, also at the University of Helsinki. When Jutikkala relinguished the personal professorship the work was partly continued by docent Kustaa Hautala. Hautala arranged examinations for students who had started economic and social history studies earlier, but it was not possible to start studies in economic and social history again until 1960, when Sven-Erik Astrom was appointed personal extraordinary professor of economic and social history.