Kustaa Vilkuna

Kustaa Gideon Vilkuna (born 26 October 1902 in Nivala – died 6 April 1980 in Kirkkonummi) was a Finnish ethnologist, linguist and historian. Vilkuna was a member of the Academic Karelia Society (AKS) until resigning in 1932 and again from 1942–1944. 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]

Kustaa Vilkuna (right) with President Urho Kekkonen.

His daughter Kirsti Vilkuna is the widow of the prominent Finnish industrialist Pekka Herlin. 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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[1] Haataja, Lauri (19 December 1993). "Harmaa eminenssi Kustaa Vilkuna loi realismin ajan suomalaiset sankarit". HS.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 31 August 2014.