Derek Fewster
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Derek Fewster, (b. 1962), is a Swedish-speaking Finnish historian connected to the Swedish society of litterature Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Subeditor for the historical journal Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 1996-2000. He is chairman of Swedish Historical Society since 2003.
Derek Fewster has mainly been concerned with the Finnish national identity and nationalism. His approach treats the construction of early Finnish history in the light of nationalism. He has written an book on the subject, Visions of Past Glory (2000).
He has written many articles about nationalism in internationally edited books, such as On Barbarian Identity, Christianizing Peoples and Converting Individuals and Dig it all.
