Pentti Virrankoski

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Pentti Akseli Virrankoski, (20 June 1929 in Vancouver), Finnish historian, PhD 1964. Virrankoski was 1978-92 professor in Finlands history at Turku University.

Virrankoski has in his research focused on economic and social history. Amongst his works are a great biography of Anders Chydenius. He has also written the first academic student book about Finlands economic history (1975), two books about North American Indians, and a work on Ostrobothnia (1997) and a biography of the musician Heikki Klemetti (2004).