Career
He was appointed a professor of ethnology at the University of Helsinki in 1950. He was also closely associated with then-president Urho Kekkonen, being even described as the éminence grise of Kekkonen.
He was appointed a professor of ethnology at the University of Helsinki in 1950. He was also closely associated with then-president Urho Kekkonen, being even described as the éminence grise of Kekkonen.
In politics, he was a member of the Agrarian League and the Minister of Education in Reino Kuuskoski"s cabinet.