Arno Rafael Cederberg

Arno Rafael Cederberg

Arno Rafael Cederberg (born July 2, 1885 in Tusby , † October 19, 1948 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish historian .

life and work

Cederberg was born the son of a clergyman in Nyland Province . From 1903 he studied theology in Helsinki before switching to history in 1905. He completed his habilitation in 1913 and was appointed professor of Baltic and Nordic history at the Estonian University of Tartu , the former University of Dorpat, in 1919; since 1924 he also taught general history. He returned to Finland in 1928 and in 1935 became full professor of Finnish and Scandinavian history at the University of Helsinki .

Cederberg founded a school of Estonian historians in Estonia, but also trained some Baltic German historians such as Georg von Rauch and Arved von Taube . He was one of the founders of the Estonian Historical Society, edited the Estonian historical journal Ajalooline Ajakiri as well as a biographical encyclopedia on Estonian history and other reference works. He was also largely responsible for setting up the Estonian archives and became the first director of the Tartu Central Archives .

In his research, Cederberg devoted himself mainly to the 18th century. His most important work is a two-volume history of Finland .

Fonts

• Pohjois-Karjalan kauppaolot vuosina 1721-1775. Suomal. Kirjall. Seuran Kirjapainon Osakeyhtiö, Helsinki 1911.
• Maamme kirkonarkistot. Grandpa's kirkonarkistojen käyttäjille. Suomen Kirkkohistoriallinen Seura, Helsinki 1916.
• Vanhaa yes uutta. W. Söderström, Porvoo 1916.
• Pehr Wargentin as a statistician. Studies in the history of population statistics during the second half of the 18th century. Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Kustantama, Helsinki 1919.
• The first fruits of Estonian newspaper literature. Mattiesen, Dorpat 1922.
• Eesti biograafiline Leksikon. Loodus, Tartu 1926.
• Jaakko Stenius vanhenmpi. Kappale 18nnen vuosisadan suomalaista sivistyshistoriaa. , Helsinki 1928.
• Heinrich Fick. A contribution to the Russian history of the XVIII. Century. Mattiesen, Tartu-Dorpat 1930.
• with Johannes Gabriel Granö: Eesti. Estonia. Estonia. Estonia. 2nd Edition. Parikas, Tallinn 1930.
• Anjalan Liiton historialliset thrown in. , Helsinki 1931.
• Elämää Suomessa 1800-luvulla. Kotimaisia ​​kulttuurikuvia. Otava, Helsinki 1934.
• Sigfrid Aronus Forsiuksen Suomen kronikka. , Helsinki 1935.
• Turun maakuntapäivät vuonna 1742. , Helsinki 1935.
• Maam. 2nd Edition. Suomen Kirkkohistoriallinen Seura, Helsinki 1936.
• with Yrjö Ruutu and Urho Toivola: Finlands självständighet. Söderström, Borgå 1937.
• with Yrjö Ruutu and Urho Toivola: Suomen itsenäisyys. W. Söderström, Porvoo 1937.
• Suomen historia vapaudenajalla. Soderström, Porvoo 1942-1947.
• Suomen uusinta historiaa, 1898-1942. Söderström, Helsinki 1943.
• Vaasan maakuntakokous vuonna 1742. , Helsinki 1944.
• Heinolan Kaupungin historia. Heinolan Kaupunki, Heinola 1948.

literature

• Georg von Rauch: Arno Rafael Cederberg . In: Historische Zeitschrift 171 (1951), p. 222f.
• Tiit Rosenberg: Professor Arno Rafael Cederberg - Eesti ajaloo uurimise koolkonna rajaja Tartu Ülikoolis. In: Ajalooline Ajakiri 105 (1999), pp. 79-90.
• A. Vallius (Ed.): Arno Rafael Cederberg. Kansainvälinen historiantutkija ja organisaattori. Pohjois-Karjalan Historiallinen Yhdistys, Joensuu 1997.