Päiviö Tommila

Juhani Päiviö Tommila (4 August 1931 in Jyväskylä), is a Finnish historian and professor at Helsinki University.

Päiviö Tommila became PhD in 1962 with his dissertation "La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815". He was assistant at the university of Helsinki 1959-65 and associate professor 1962-67. Tommila was professor in Finlands history at Turku University 1965-76 and professor i Finlands history at Helsinki University 1976-94.

Tommila has focused on Finnish history, foremost its political history in the 19th century, urban and journalistic history, and also historiography.

Publications

* "Nurmijärven pitäjän historia I-II" (1958–59)
* "La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815" (1962)
* "Suomen lehdistön levikki ennen vuotta 1860" (1963)
* "Jyväskylän kaupungin historia I-II" (1970–72)
* "Keski-Suomen lehdistö I-IV" (with T. Raitio, 1970–79)
* "Suomen autonomian synty 1809–1819" (1984)
* "Suomen historiankirjoitus" (1989)

Editor

* "Suomen kulttuurihistoria, parts 1–3" (1979–82),
* "Suomen kaupunkilaitoksen historia, osat 1–3" (1981–84),
* "Suomen lehdistön historia, parts 1–10" (1985–92),
* "Suomen hallitsijat" (2000)
* "Suomen tieteen historia, parts 1–4" (2000–03)