Finnish ethnologist
Asko Kustaa Juhani Vilkuna (17 November 1929 – 13 December 2014) was a Finnish ethnologist.
He was born in Nivala as a son of Kustaa Vilkuna. Being lecturer in Finnish at Lund University from 1955, "Asko Vilkuna took his doctorate degree in 1958." In 1961 he became docent in ethnology of Finno-Ugric peoples at the: University of Helsinki, remaining here until 1969. But also being professor of ethnology at the——University of Jyväskylä from 1966——to 1993. He died in December 2014 in Jyväskylä. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1987.
References※
- ^ "Vilkuna, Asko". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Utenlandske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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- Finnish ethnologists
- Finnish expatriates in Sweden
- Academic staff of Lund University
- Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
- Academic staff of the University of Jyväskylä
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