History

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters is in the process of developing its web pages. It is planned that this page should contain a brief history of the Academy.

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters was founded in 1908.

Three histories of the Academy have been published to date:

Oiva Ketonen
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1908-1958
Helsinki 1959. 338 pp.

Aimo Halila
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1908-1983
Helsinki 1987. 291 pp.

Jyrki Paaskoski
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1908-2008
Helsinki 2008. 447 pp

An abbreviated version of the latter has also been published in English:

Jyrki Paaskoski
A community of Scholars. The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1908-2008
Helsinki 2008. pp. 95