Erkki Hautamäki

Who is Erkki Hautamäki?

Erkki Hautamäki is a Finnish 'Councilor of Education' - 'opetusneuvos' in Finnish -, a 'major of the reserve' for the Finnish Defense Forces, a historian and a researcher who has - foremost - focused in the history of the Finnish Wars during World War II and the Soviet war plans related to World War II.

From 1970 to 1990 Hautamäki served as the headmaster of Vuokatin Urheiluopisto, the 'Sports Educational Center of Vuokatti', in Eastern Finland.

In the 1960s, Hautamäki served in a special task force at the 'Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces'.

The Councilor of Education Hautamäki has published a book, 'Suomi myrskyn silmässä', in 2005, in which both the pre-Winter War and the post-Winter War Soviet invasion plans on Finland are discussed and analyzed in detail.

Hautamäki's book brings forth details and information about the last Finnish wars, which were not discussed in the Finnish main media - nor elsewhere - during the Cold War period, due to the sensitive and friendly Finnish-Soviet relations, in particular.