Publications by Mikko Laakso

The most recent publications:

Maahan lämpimään. Suomen viittomakielisten historia. (2005) (’The history of Finnish Sign Language users’, with Eeva Salmi)
Sosialismiin! Sosialidemokraattiset nuoret 1906−2006. (2006) (’Social democratic youth 1906–2006’, with Veijo Åberg)
Sairaanhoidon ytimessä. Hyks 50 vuotta. (2008) (’50th anniversary publication of the Helsinki University Central Hospital’, with Timo Joutsivuo)
Kansanvalistajasta kansalaisten olohuoneeksi. Helsingin kaupunginkirjasto 1940−2005. (2010) (’Helsinki City Library 1940–2005’)
Tahdon asia. Tehy 1982−2012. (2012) (’The Union of Health and Social Care Professionals 1982−2012’)
Rakentajat maailmalla: vientirakentamisen vuosikymmenet. (2014) (’Builders in the world: the decades of exported construction work’, with Seppo Tamminen)

Other important publications on the website of Spiritus Historiae Ltd (http://spiritus.fi/asiakkaamme, in Finnish)

By Written by Mikko Laaksi. Translated by Olli Silvennoinen.

Mikko Laakso

Mikko Taneli Laakso
Born October 9, 1963, Lohja.

Master of Arts, 1990 and Licentiate of Philosophy (General History) 2000, University of Helsinki
Diplôme européen d’etudes medievales 1994 (Diploma awarded by FIDEM, the European Universities network for medieval research)
Archivist Diploma (National Archives Service of Finland), 1993

Researcher, Spiritus Historiae Ltd 1990- (fulltime from 2000)
Archivist, School of Art and Design, 1992-1995
Researcher, Department of Sociology (Demographics research unit), University of Helsinki, 1995-2000
Part-time researcher, Samfundet Folkhälsan, 2003-2011

Research interests: Finnish economic and social history, history of organisations and history of Finnish library services

Photo: Mika Federley
Written by Mikko Laakso and Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta (ed.)
Translated by John Calton