Einar Wilhelm Juva (7 January 1892 – 6 September 1966) was a

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at Turku University 1920–1955. His surname until 1935 was Juvelius. He was born in

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. He mainly outlined Finland's military and geopolitical position in the Swedish empire in the 18th century. He wrote also a survey in 10 parts on Finland's history: ''Suomen Kansan aikakirjat'' (1927–38), in which he popularised the results of the historical research. The work should be regarded as a Finnish counterpart to the works of the Swedish historian Carl Grimberg. Juva also wrote a

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of P. E. Svinhufvud and

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. He served as rector of the University of Turku from 1934 to 1945. He died in

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, aged 74. Together with his son Mikko Juva he wrote ' (5 parts, 1964–67).

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* ' (10 vols., 1927–38) * ' (1920) * ' (5 vols., 1964–1967, with Mikko Juva) * ' (1947) * ''Rudolf Walden'' (1957) * ''P. E. Svinhufvud'' (2 vols., 1957–61) 1892 births 1966 deaths People from Raahe People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 20th-century Finnish historians Academic staff of the University of Turku Rectors of the University of Turku {{Finland-academic-bio-stub