Hannu Soikkanen

Who is Hannu Soikkanen?

Hannu Veli Soikkanen is a Finnish historian, PhD 1965. Soikkanen was active in the study of Finland's history 1962–66 at Turku University, and 1967–76 in economic and social history. Between 1976 and 1993 he was a professor in social history at Helsinki University.

Soikkanen has studied the working class movement and the social democratic partys history, and also the communal self-governments history in Finland. Amongst his works are Sosialismin tulo Suomeen, which is about the coming of socialism to Finland, Kunnallinen itsehallinto kansanvallan perusteena, about the communes, Kansalaissota dokumentteina, a selection of sources to the Finnish civil war 1918, Luovutetun Karjalan työväenliikkeen historia, about the Karelian working class movement and Kohti kansanvaltaa 1-3, which treats the social democratic party's history up to 1952. He has also published local historical works such as Varkauden historia and Sulkavan historia II.