Yle Aamu-TV Interview with Mirkka Lappalainen

Yle Aamu-TV Interviewed Mirkka Lappalainen on January 8, 2015

Multiple award-winning historian Mirkka Lappalainen already became excited about the 17th century during her time as a student. Her excitement has spawned several books about king Gustav II Adolf.

Mirkka Lappalainen's interview, YLE TV1 January 8, 2015 (in Finnish)

By Written by Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta. Translated by Johanna Spoof, revised by Matthew Billington.

Mirkka Lappalainen

Mirkka Marjaana Lappalainen
26.11.1975, Helsinki

MA 1998, MLic. 2001 and PhD 2005 (Finnish and Nordic History), University of Helsinki

University Lecturer in Finnish and Nordic History 2014-, researcher 2009–2014 and assistant 2001–2009, University of Helsinki

Publications, research projects and other academic activities

Research areas: history of the Swedish empire, history of the nobility and noble families, history of state formation, personal, legal and criminal history; the Little Ice Age and famines.

Photo: Laura Malmivaara (Kustannusosakeyhtiö Siltala)
Author: Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta
Translated by John Calton