100 Faces from Finland

Fülszöveg

contains a selection of significant individuals who, in their own spheres of life, have made important
contributions to the development of Finnish society.The articles came into being as part of Suomen
Kansallisbiografia, the National Biography of Finland, which contains 6000 brief biographies edited by
Suomen historiallinen seura, the Finnish Historical Society.
The book can be approached in different ways. Readers can, for example, start at the beginning with
the actress Ida Aalberg and - following the Nordic alphabetical order - finish at the end with Emma
Irene Astrdm,the first woman university graduate. But perhaps it is more advisable to create one's own
reading sequence and to move on from biography to biography according, for instance, to the eras in
which their subjects lived or the fields in which they were active.
As far as eras are concerned, the persons depicted belong to three different cultural and political
ages. From the Middle Ages until 1809, Finland... Tovább

Fülszöveg

contains a selection of significant individuals who, in their own spheres of life, have made important
contributions to the development of Finnish society.The articles came into being as part of Suomen
Kansallisbiografia, the National Biography of Finland, which contains 6000 brief biographies edited by
Suomen historiallinen seura, the Finnish Historical Society.
The book can be approached in different ways. Readers can, for example, start at the beginning with
the actress Ida Aalberg and - following the Nordic alphabetical order - finish at the end with Emma
Irene Astrdm,the first woman university graduate. But perhaps it is more advisable to create one's own
reading sequence and to move on from biography to biography according, for instance, to the eras in
which their subjects lived or the fields in which they were active.
As far as eras are concerned, the persons depicted belong to three different cultural and political
ages. From the Middle Ages until 1809, Finland was a part of the Swedish Realm. It was a Russian Grand
Duchy from 1809 to 1917, and it has been an independent state since 1917. The book's time span is
long and its cultural spectrum broad.The earliest influential figures are Sergei and Herman, the founders
ofVaalam (Valamo) Monastery, and the Roman Catholic bishop Hemming.The most recent is the film-
maker Aki Kaurismaki.
The collection contains in equal numbers persons prominent for their contributions to society and
representatives of the arts and sciences.The summit of political life is represented by the Presidents
of the Republic, the less exalted ranks of society by church builders and hunters. Cultural figures known
to an international public - from the architect Alvar Aalto to the composer Jean Sibelius or from the
painter Helene Schjerfbeck to the glass artist Tapio Wirkkala - are also presented in the book.
The collection is more than a series of individual biographical studies: closely interwoven as they are,
the articles provide an overall view of Finland's human resources and expertise over the centuries. Vissza