Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

Finnish academic

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1963

Place of Birth: Oulu, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Profession: poet, translator, university teacher

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (born 26 February 1963) is a Finnish academic researcher, serving as a professor of the Arabic language and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Before that he was a professor at the University of Helsinki. He is one of the leading researchers of Islam in Finland.
He has written many popular books on Islamic culture, history and poetry.
Hämeen-Anttila also translated the Qur'an into Finnish in the year 1995 and the Epic of Gilgamesh in the year 2000.
He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Hämeen-Anttila is married to the academic researcher and novelist Virpi Hämeen-Anttila.