''Facta'' is an
encyclopedia
An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...
in
Finnish. It was published as a series of 11 volumes with more than 150,000 entries between 1969 and 1974. It describes subjects from a
Finnish point of view. It was run by editors in chief
Veli Valpola Veli is a male Finnish and Estonian given name, meaning ''brother''.
It is also an Ottoman Turkish name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning ''guardian''. Its original etymology in Arabic meaning a "friend o ...
and Maija Numminen and published by Tietosanakirja Oy.
Editions were eventually also published on
CD-ROM, and ''Facta'' finally lived as an Internet service, but was discontinued at the end of 2011 as unprofitable.
References
Finnish-language encyclopedias
1969 books
20th-century encyclopedias
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