Erik Allardt

Erik Allardt, 1962

Erik Anders Allardt (born August 9, 1925 in Helsinki ; † August 25, 2020 there ) was a Finnish sociologist .

Life

Allardt was instrumental in renewing the social sciences in Finland in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1970 to 1980 he held one of the first research professorships at the reformed Finnish Academy , of which he was president from 1986 to 1991. He was visiting professor at universities in Germany , Sweden and the USA . He conducted research on divorces , changes in social structures, political radicalism, welfare and linguistic minorities. Allardt published 20 books and around 600 articles.

In 1985 he received the Svenska Akademiens Finlandspris ; In 1995 he was awarded the Finnish honorary title Akateemikko . He was a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and from 1988 a full member of the Academia Europaea .

Fonts

Internationalization as a Promise and a Problem. (LEIF - Life and Education in Finland, 3/94.) Society for Culture and Education Finland, Helsinki 1994.
The history of the social sciences in Finland: 1828-1918. (The history of learning and science in Finland, 1828-1918, T. 17b.) Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1997. ISBN 951-653-290-X .

literature

Matti Alestalo : Allardt, Erik. In: Olli Alho (Hrsg.): Kulturlexikon Finland. 2nd Edition. Finnish Literature Society , Helsinki 1999, ISBN 951-746-032-5 , p. 18.
Susanne Dera. Erik Allardt: Types of political protest and alienation using the example of Finland , GRIN Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-638-68033-2 .

Web links

Matti Alestalo: Allardt, Erik (1925-2020). In: Suomen kansallisbiografia. Translated by Urbom Ruth (English).; accessed on August 28, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ Eleonoora Riihinen: Kansainvälisesti tunnettu suomalainen sosiologi Erik Allardt on kuollut 95 vuotiaana. In: Helsingin Sanomat . August 26, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 (Finnish, death note).

personal data
SURNAME	Allardt, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allardt, Erik Anders (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 2020
Place of death	Helsinki

[1] Eleonoora Riihinen: Kansainvälisesti tunnettu suomalainen sosiologi Erik Allardt on kuollut 95 vuotiaana. In: Helsingin Sanomat . August 26, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 (Finnish, death note).