Tuomo Ilmari Polvinen (born 2 December 1931, in Helsinki), Finnish historian, PhD 1964.
Polvinen was an official (1957β61) in the Finnish national archives in Helsinki, and (1970β74) its chief.
1968-70 he was professor in general history at Tampere University and (1974β92) professor on the subject at Helsinki University; research professor (1979β89) and (1992β95).
Polvinen has focused on the relations between Finland and Russia/Soviet Union.
Amongst Polvinen's works are Suomi suurvaltain politiikassa 1941-44, which is about Finland in the context of great power politics, VenΓ€jΓ€n vallankumous ja Suomi 1917-1920 (2 parts, 1967β71), which is about Russian revolution and Finland, Between East and West (1986), furthermore a work on Bobrikov as governor general in Finland, Imperial borderland (1995) and a great biography in five parts about president J.K.