Kustaa Vilkuna
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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.
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Urho SomersalmiAlso in Pohjalaisia (1936)
Jorma NortimoAlso in Pohjalaisia (1936)
Artturi JärviluomaAlso in Pohjalaisia (1936)
Christoffer TaxellAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Jacob SödermanAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Ole NorrbackAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAbout this person
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.
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