Fjalar Finnäs (1953–2023) was a Finnish professor of

demographics Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration. Demographic analysis examin ...

at the

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activities in Vaasa. Å ...

. He focused on the demographics of the

Swedish-speaking Finns The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names—see below; ; ) is a linguistic minority in Finland. They maintain a strong identity and are seen either as a separate cultural, ethnic or linguistic group or ...

. His most recent research was in Ethno-Linguistic Exogamy and Divorce.

Researches

* Jan 2014 – Sex composition of children, parental separation, and parity progression * Feb 2014 – Transitions within and from ethno-linguistically mixed and endogamous first unions in Finland * Feb 2014 – Infant mortality and ethnicity in an indigenous European population * Sep 2015 – The Ethno-linguistic Community and Premature Death * Aug 2017 – Divorce and parity progression following the death of a child * Mar 2018 – Ethno-Linguistic Exogamy and Divorce

References

1953 births 2023 deaths Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University Demographers Finnish statisticians Place of birth missing Swedish-speaking Finns {{Finland-bio-stub