Background
Kemiläinen, Aira Tellervo was born on August 4, 1919 in Kuopio, Finland. Daughter of Juho Arvi and Aino Tyyne (Hyvärinen) Kemiläinen.
Kemiläinen, Aira Tellervo was born on August 4, 1919 in Kuopio, Finland. Daughter of Juho Arvi and Aino Tyyne (Hyvärinen) Kemiläinen.
Master of Arts, University Helsinki., Finland, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, Finland, 1956.
High School teacher, Helsinki, 1945-1950, 57-62. Assistant National Archives of Finland, 1950, archivist, 1952-1957. Senior lecturer University Helsinki, 1961-1986.
Senior lecturer, associate professor University Jyväskylä, Finland, 1962-1970, professor world history Finland, 1971-1986, professor emerita Finland, from 1986.
Member volunteer female organization defense Lotta Svärd, 1938-1944. Member Finnish History Society, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (award 2003), Swedish History of Science Society, International Society for Study of European Ideas, Association for Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Finnish Federation University Women (branch president 1970-1982).