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Finnish ethnologist, linguist, historian and politician
Kustaa Vilkuna
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Finnish ethnologist, linguist, historian and politician
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Nivala, Finland
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Kirkkonummi, Finland
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77 years
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University of Helsinki
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Kustaa Gideon Vilkuna (26 October 1902 – 6 April 1980) was a Finnish ethnologist, linguist and historian. He was appointed a professor of ethnology at the University of Helsinki in 1950. In politics, he was a member of the Agrarian League and the Minister of Education in Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet. He was also closely associated with then-president Urho Kekkonen, being even described as the éminence grise of Kekkonen.
His grandsons Janne Vilkuna and Kustaa H. J. Vilkuna are historians as well.
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