Kari Tarkiainen

Kari Valtteri Tarkiainen (born 14 June 1938 in Helsinki), Finnish historian and archivist, who served as the national archivist of Finland 1996-2003.

Tarkiainen has had a great career in the world of archives both in Finland and Sweden. From 1971 he was for a long time employed in the Riksarkivet, the Swedish National Archives in Stockholm. He finished his career as archivist in Helsinki as chief of the national archives 1996-2003.

Tarkiainen became a PhD in 1974 with a dissertation on the view of Russia in Sweden during the early great power era. he is an excellent specialist in medieval history, and has formed the conception of the Finnish reformator Mikael Agricola. Amongst his most important works are a history of Finnish migration to Sweden, "Finnarnas historia i Sverige 1-2" (1990-93), and "Sveriges Österland från forntiden till Gustav Vasa" (2008), which concerns the central issues of Finlands history, with special focus on the relations between Finnish and Swedish language, economy, settlement, church organisation, administration, and cultural forms.

Tarkiainen has also written a biography of "Paavo Haavikko, modernisternas furste" (1997).

Bibliography

* "De ryska nationalegenskaperna enligt svensk uppfattning i början av 1600-talet" (1973)
* "Vår gamble arffiende ryssen" (1974)
* "Förvaringsmedel för arkivhandlingar" (1975)
* "Sveriges pressarkiv idag" (1978)
* "Finskt författningstryck från den svenska tiden" (1980)
* "Riksarkivet" (1995)
* "Finnarnas historia i Sverige" (1996)
* "Mitt, sa finnen om Stockholm" (1997)
* "Sverige och Finland" (2000)
* "Sveriges Österland från forntiden till Gustav Vasa" (2008)

References

* "Uppslagsverket Finland", 5 (2007)