Erik Anders Allardt was a Finnish sociologist and one of the most distinguished social scientists in Finland and the Nordic countries during the 20th century. He served as professor of sociology at the University of Helsinki from 1958 to 1991, and as chancellor of Åbo Akademi University from 1992 to 1994.
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Thomas WarburtonAlso won Swedish Academy Finland Prize
Bengt AhlforsAlso won Karl Emil Tollander Prize
Lucy SmithAlso won Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star
Matti AnttonenAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of the Falcon
Eero HuovinenAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Oiva TuominenAlso won Memorial medal of the Continuation WarAbout this person
Erik Anders Allardt was a Finnish sociologist and one of the most distinguished social scientists in Finland and the Nordic countries during the 20th century. He served as professor of sociology at the University of Helsinki from 1958 to 1991, and as chancellor of Åbo Akademi University from 1992 to 1994. He introduced empirical sociology to Finland and exercised considerable influence on public debate, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. Internationally, he is best known for his welfare model with the three dimensions having, loving and being, and for his comparative research on political radicalism and linguistic minorities. In 1995, Allardt was awarded the honorary title of akateemikko.
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