Background
Leimu, Pekka Tapani was born on December 5, 1943 in Turku, Finland.
Leimu, Pekka Tapani was born on December 5, 1943 in Turku, Finland.
Bachelor, University Turku, Finland, 1969. Master of Arts, University Turku, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1986.
Assistant in ethnology University Helsinki, Finland, 1981—1986. Senior lecturer University Turku, Finland, 1986—1997, acting professor, 1990—1994, professor, chair, 1997—2010.
Member of Association Finnish Ethnologists (chairman 1985-1990), Hungarian Ethnological Society, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Association Finnish Antiquities, Finnish Literature Society.