Väinö Voionmaa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Väinö Voionmaa

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1869

Place of Birth: Jyväskylä, Finland

Date of Death: 24-May-1947

Profession: politician, diplomat, historian

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa (to 1906 Wallin) (12 February 1869 in Jyväskylä – 24 May 1947 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor, diplomat, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor.
He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland.
He was a Social Democrat.As an academic, Voionmaa contributed to introduce economic and geographic perspectives into Finnish history writings.
He has studied the medieval times and the rise of the modern urban industrial society.
He was also one of the founders of the School of Social Sciences in 1930 that eventually became the University of Tampere.