Keijo Virtanen

Keijo Aarre Virtanen, (28 August 1945 in Naantali), is a Finnish historian, PhD 1980. In 1970 Virtanen was affiliated with Turku University, were he became professor 1990 in cultural history.

Virtanen has focused on the spread of American culture and the cultural exchange between the European and American cultures, which has resulted in a doctors dissertation "Settlement or return" (1979), were the return of Finnish emigrants from America is studied, and the voluminous study "Atlantin yhteys" (1988), which concerns the cultural relations over the Atlantic ocean 1776-1917.

Publications

* "Amerikkalaisen kulttuurin leviäminen Suomeen" (1980, med Esko Heikkonen)
* "Uuden maailman jättiläinen" (1991, med Reino Kero och Auvo Kostiainen)

References

* "Uppslagsverket Finland", 5 (2007)