Carl Henrik Meinander (born 19 May 1960 in Helsinki), is a Finnish historian, PhD 1994. From 2002 Meinander is the keeper of the Swedish-speaking professorship in history (after Matti Klinge) at Helsinki University. He is the son of the famous archaeologist Carl Fredrik Meinander.
Carl Henrik Meinander | |
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 Henrik Meinander at Helsinki Book Fair in 2016 | |
| Born | Carl Henrik Meinander 19 May 1960 Helsinki, Finland |
| Father | Carl Fredrik Meinander |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of Helsinki |
| Website | henrikmeinander |
Meinander has focused on the history of gymnastics in his doctoral dissertation Towards a bourgeois manhood (1994) and Lik martallen, som rågfältet (1996). In Finlands historia, part 4 (1999) he appears as an unbiased interpreter of the Finnish republics history. He has also engaged himself in the public debate as columnist in the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.[1]
He has been a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2002.
References
edit- ↑ "Meinander, Henrik". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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