Matti Klinge

Matti Klinge (31 August 1936 – 5 March 2023) was a Finnish historian.

Klinge in 2008

Klinge studied at the University of Helsinki and gained his Ph.D. in 1969. He later served as a visiting professor at the University of Paris (1970–1972) and held the Swedish Professorship of History at the University of Helsinki between 1975 and 2001.^[1] Klinge was one of the most prolific Finnish historians.

Kligne died in March 2023, at the age of 86.^[2][3]

Honors

• Order of the White Rose of Finland (Finland, 1990)
• Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 1980)
• Legion of Honour (France, 2015)
• Order of Friendship (Russia, 2013)^[4]
• Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, 1996)

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