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About Hannu Soikkanen
- Hannu Veli Soikkanen (born 4 August 1930 in Sippola) is a Finnish historian, PhD 1965.
- Soikkanen was active in the study of Finland's history 1962–66 at the University of Turku, 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 (1961), which is about the coming of socialism to Finland, Kunnallinen itsehallinto kansanvallan perusteena (1966), about the communes, Kansalaissota dokumentteina (1967–69), a selection of sources to the Finnish civil war 1918, Luovutetun Karjalan työväenliikkeen historia (1970), about the Karelian working class movement and Kohti kansanvaltaa 1-3 (1975–91), which treats the social democratic party's history up to 1952.
- He has also published local historical works such as Varkauden historia (1963) and Sulkavan historia II (2002, with Paavo Seppänen).
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