Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen

Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen

Baron Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish historian, politician, publicist and senator. He was professor of history at the University of Helsinki and a leading figure in the Fennoman movement, succeeding Johan Vilhelm Snellman as the foremost spokesman of Finnish-nationalist politics and serving as chairman of the Finnish Party. A Finland Swede by background, he belonged to the clerical Forsman family of Swedish origin, and he fennicized his name to Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen upon his ennoblement in 1884. He was raised to baronial rank in 1897. His second wife was the Finnish author Theodolinda Hahnsson.