Seppo Hentilä

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Seppo Juhani Hentilä (10 April 1948 in Oulu, is a Finnish historian.

Hentilä was 1980-98 docent in political history at Helsinki University and became 1998 professor in the subject of matter. He has studied the German-Finnish relations and Finnish athletics history. Amongst his productions an be found Suomen työläisurheilun historia (3 parts, 1982-87), Kaksi Saksaa ja Suomi (2003) and several academic textbooks.

Hentilä has also written about the Swedish working class movement and socialdemocracy: Den svenska arbetarklassen och reformismens genombrott inom SAP före 1914: arbetarklassens ställning, strategi och ideologi (1979). This study is also translated to English.