Karl Bomansson

Karl Bomansson

Karl August Bomansson (5 April 1827 in Saltvik-7 February 1906 in Helsinki, was a Finnish historian and archivist. Between 1870 and 1883 ha was chief archivist at the Finnish national archives. From 1862 he was associate professor in history at Helsinki University.

In 1853 he was organizing the Finnish senates archives, and modernizing it into better standards. As a man of science he was foremost interested in the history of Åland. He wrote "Kastelholm" (1956), and "Om Ålands folkminnen" (1859), which was the first work on the archaeological subject in Finland. Bomansson took part in the excavations in Kökar in 1867. His assistant was then Johan Reinhold Aspelin.

References

* "Uppslagsverket Finland, 1" (2003)


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