Aira Kemiläinen
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Aira Tellervo Kemiläinen (4 August 1919 in Kuopio-10 July 2006 in Vesanto), was a Finnish historian, PhD 1957. Kemiläinen served in the 1950s and 1960s as a teacher in history at some schools in Helsinki. 1961-86 she was associate professor in general history at Helsinki University and 1971-86 professor in the subject at Jyväskylä University. She was retired in 1986.
Aira Kemiläinen has as a researcher foremostly engaged her self in the study of European history of ideas, which has resulted in books like Auffassung über die Sendung des deutschen Volkes (1956) and Nationalism (1966). Amongst her other works are to be found Suomalaiset, outo Pohjolan kansa (1993), which treats race theories about the Finns and their national identity, and Finns in the shadows of the 'Aryans' (1998).
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- Uppslagsverket Finland, 2 (2004)
