Einar W. Juva
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Einar Wilhelm Juva (7 January 1892 in Raahe-6 September 1966 in Turku. His surname was until 1935 Juvelius. He was a Finnish historian, professor at Turku University 1920-55.
He mainly outlined Finlands military and geopolitical position in the Swedish empire in the 18th century. He wrote also a survey in 10 parts on Finlands history: Suomen kansan aikakirjat (1927-38), were he popularised the results of the historical research. The work should be regarded as a Finnish counterpart to the works of the Swedish historian Carl Grimberg. Juva also wrote a biography of P. E. Svinhufvud and Rudolf Walden.
Together with his son Mikko Juva he wrote Suomen kansan historia (5 parts, 1964-67).
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- Suomen kansan aikakirjat (10 bd, 1927-38)
- Suomen puolustuskysymys ison- ja pikkuvihan välisenä aikana 1721-1741 (1920)
- Suomen kansan historia (5 bd, 1964-1967, med Mikko Juva)
- Suomen tie Uudestakaupungista Haminaan (1947)
- Rudolf Walden (1957)
- P.E. Svinhufvud (2 bd, 1957-61)
