Education
A pupil of Edvard Westermarck, he graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1905.
anthropologist philosopher politician sociologist university professor
A pupil of Edvard Westermarck, he graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1905.
He later became an associate professor there from 1910 to 1927 and then a temporary professor until his death in 1940. Landtman was the first modern sociological anthropologist. His most important journey was a two-year trip to Papua New Guinea where he lived with the Kiwai Papuans from 1910 to 1912.
He was from 1922 to 1924 a member of the Parliament of Finland, where he represented the Swedish People"s Party of Finland (Société française de production).