# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kustaa-vilkuna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:12.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kustaa-vilkuna"
name: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
slug: "kustaa-vilkuna"
description: "Kustaa Gideon Vilkuna was a Finnish ethnologist, linguist, and historian. Vilkuna was a member of the Academic Karelia Society (AKS) until resigning in 1932 and again from 1942 to 1944. He was appointed a professor of ethnology at the University of Helsinki in 1950. In politics, he was a member of the Agrarian League and the Minister of Education in Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet. He was also closely associated with President Urho Kekkonen, even being described as the éminence grise of Kekkonen."
tagline: "Finnish ethnologist, linguist, historian and politician (1902–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kustaa_Vilkuna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1902-10-26"
deathDate: "1980-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             3.282442748091603
  historical:           8.539597333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897562/"
    handle:    "nm0897562"
sources:
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    title: "Кустаа Вілкуна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كوستا ڤيلكونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustaa_Vilkuna"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustaa_Vilkuna"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "کوستا ویلکونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustaa_Vilkuna"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustaa_Vilkuna"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вилькуна, Куста Гидеон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustaa_Vilkuna"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3200657"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289370"
    title: "Kustaa Vilkuna"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump