Hannu Soikkanen

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Hannu Veli Soikkanen (4 August 1930 in Sippola), is a Finnish historian, PhD 1965. Soikkanen was active in the study of Finlands history 1962-66 at Turku University, and 1967-76 in economic and social history. Between 1976 and 1993 he was a professor in social history at Helsinki University.

Soikkanen has studied the working class movement and the socialdemocratic partys history, and also the communal self-governments history in Finland. Amongst his works are Sosialismin tulo Suomeen (1961), which i about the coming of socialism to Finland, Kunnallinen itsehallinto kansanvallan perusteena (1966), about the communes, Kansalaissota dokumentteina (1967-69), a selection of sources to the Finnish civil war 1918, Luovutetun Karjalan työväenliikkeen historia (1970), about the Carelian working class movement and Kohti kansanvaltaa 1-3 (1975-91), which treats the socialdemocratic partys history up to 1952. He has also pulbished local historical works such as Varkauden historia (1963) and Sulkavan historia II (2002, with Paavo Seppänen).

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• Uppslagsverket Finland, 4 (2006)