The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Finland
This page contains a list of the greatest Finnish Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 1 of which were born in Finland. This makes Finland the birth place of the 60th most number of Historians behind Cuba, and Lebanon.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Finnish Historians of all time. This list of famous Finnish Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739 - 1804)
With an HPI of 58.19, Henrik Gabriel Porthan is the most famous Finnish Historian. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Henrik Gabriel Porthan (8 November 1739 – 16 March 1804) was a professor and rector at the Royal Academy of Turku, Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. He was a scholar sometimes known as The Father of Finnish History. Porthan's legacy greatly influenced the rise of the Finnish national culture and romanticism of the early 19th century.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Finnish historians born between 1739 and 1739. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Finnish historians include Henrik Gabriel Porthan. As of April 2024, 1 new Finnish historians have been added to Pantheon including Henrik Gabriel Porthan.
