Einar W. Juva

Who was Einar W. Juva?

Einar Wilhelm Juva 7 January 1892 in Raahe-6 September 1966 in Turku. His surname was until 1935 Juvelius. He was a Finnish historian, professor at Turku University 1920-55.

He mainly outlined Finland's military and geopolitical position in the Swedish empire in the 18th century. He wrote also a survey in 10 parts on Finland's history: Suomen Kansan aikakirjat (1927–38), in which he popularised the results of the historical research. The work should be regarded as a Finnish counterpart to the works of the Swedish historian Carl Grimberg. Juva also wrote a biography of P. E. Svinhufvud and Rudolf Walden.

Together with his son Mikko Juva he wrote Suomen kansan historia (5 parts, 1964–67).