Works by Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen

Kertomus Hämeenkyrön pitäjästä, (’The story of the rural municipality of Hämeenkyrö’) 1852.

Nuijasota, sen syyt ja tapaukset (’The Cudgel War, its causes and events’) 1857 and 1859.

Tiedot Suomen-suwun muinaisuudesta: yliopistollinen väitöskirja jonka Suomen Yliopiston Historiallis-kielitieteellisen tiedekunnan suostumuksella tarkastettavaksi esittää Yrjö Sakari Forsman (’On the origins of the Finnish folk: a university doctoral thesis / which with the consent of the Faculty of History and Linguistics of the University of Finland is submitted for examination by Yrjö Sakari Forsman’) 1862.

Olavi Maununpoika Pariisissa ja suomalaisten opinkäynti ulkomailla keski-ajalla, (’Olavi Maununpoika in Paris and the education of Finns abroad in the Middle Ages’) 1862.

Lähteitä ison vihan historiaan, (’Sources for the history of the Great Wrath’) 1865.

Oppikirja Suomen kansan historiasta, (’The history of the Finns. A school primer’) 1869.

Kemin ja Iin lohi-vesien vanhempi historia, (’The early history of the salmon waters of Kemi and Ii’) 1879.

Tutkimus maanomistus-seikoista Suomenmaassa keskiaikana, (’A study on landownership matters in Finland in the Middle Ages’) 1881.

Suomen kansan historia (‘History of the Finnish people’) 1881-1882.

Mitä nykyinen asema vaatii? (’How should we deal with the current state of affairs?’) 1891.

Kristillisyyskö vai pakanuus vallitsemassa? (’Which is to prevail, Christianity or paganism?’) 1892.

Puolan kapinat vv. 1831 ja 1863 (’The Polish uprisings of 1831 and 1863’) 1903.

By Written by Tero Juutilainen. Translated by Kaisla Kajava. Revised by John Calton.

Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen

Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (formerly Georg Zacharias Forsman)
Born Vaasa December 10, 1830. Died Helsinki November 13, 1903.

Professor of General History 1863-76, Inspector for Ostrobothnian student ‘nation’ 1868-82 (Imperial Alexander University).

Master of Arts 1853 (history)
Licentiate of Philosophy 1858 (history)
Doctor of Philosophy 1860 (history) Imperial Alexander University

Elementary school teacher 1853-54 (Turku)
Senior Secondary School teacher 1854-63 (Vaasa).
He was also chair of the Senate House Affairs Committee (1882-85) and chair of the Ecclesiastical Affairs Committee (1885-99)

Honours:
Ennobled in 1884 with the name Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen
Made a Baron in 1877

Photo: Museovirasto, Daniel Nyblin
Written by Tero Juutilainen
Translated by Kaisla Kajava. Revised by John Calton.