Karl August Bomansson (5 April 1827 in

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– 7 February 1906 in

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), was a Finnish historian and archivist. Between 1870 and 1883 he was chief archivist at the

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. From 1862 he was associate professor in history at Helsinki University. In 1853 he was organizing the Finnish senates archives, and modernizing it into better standards. As a man of science he was foremost interested in the history of

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. He wrote ''Kastelholm'' (1856), and ''Om Ålands folkminnen'' (1859), which was the first work on the archaeological subject in Finland. Bomansson took part in the excavations in

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in 1867. His assistant was then Johan Reinhold Aspelin.

Publications

*''Skildring af Folkrörelsen på Åland, 1808. En scen ur Suomis sista strid. Med en öfversigt af Åland i Allmänhet'' (1852) Stockholm *''Kastelholm'' (1856) Helsingförs (with Henrik August Reinholm) *''Om Ålands folkminnen'' (1858) Helsingförs

References

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, 1'' (2003) 19th-century Finnish historians Finnish archaeologists Finnish archivists 1827 births 1906 deaths Swedish-speaking Finns {{Archaeologist-stub