Jaakko Paavolainen

Who was Jaakko Paavolainen?

Jaakko Paavolainen, was a Finnish historian, PhD 1966. He became professor in history at Turku University 1986-1989.

Jaakko Paavolainen published his much noticed results about the red terror and white terror during the Finnish civil war in three volymes and has also published a biography of Väinö Tanner. His boyhood memories från Carelia he pictures in Lapsuus Kanneljärvellä and the life of his cousin Olavi Paavolainen in a 1992 published volume.

Jaakko Paavolainen is the son of Erkki Paavolainen and the father of Pentti Paavolainen, professor in arts research at Teaterhögskolan.