Nota bene!

It is very easy to find a wealth of relevant literature of the History of Finnish modernism in
English, but there are very few books or articles about the pre 20th century Finnish Architecture in
English. However, all possible items are not listed, and please consult the libraries as well.

About Finnish history in general

Meinander, Henrik 2018: A history of Finland. Hurst Publishers 2018.

History of Architecture (especially wood architecture) Books and articles with full text in English with
an asterisk **, partially or captions in English *

• ** Hiekkanen, Markus 1994. The stone churches of the medieval diocese of Turku : a systematic
classification and chronology. Dissertation, University of Helsinki.

• * Huttunen, Marko & Mikkola, Juulia 2008. Rakennustekniikka Murtovaarassa. In Murtovaara –

Kruununmetsätorppa Valtimolla. Murtovaara. Crown Forest Croft in Valtimo. Ed. Netta Böök.
KKES, Joensuu 2008. (about the constructions of a Finnish vernacular house. Text in Finnish,
captions in Finnish and English)
• Hiekkanen, Markus 2020. Finlands medeltida stenkyrkor. (In Swedish)
• * Huttunen, Marko 2013. Salvoskota, hirsitupa ja hirsitalo – inarinsaamelaisten vanhat
hirsiasumukset [on the building tradition of the Sámi people of Inari region]. Ealli biras. Elävä
ympäristö. Ed. Päivi Magga & Eija Ojanlatva. Sámi Museum. (good pictures, English summary).
• ** Kalakoski, Iida; Huuhka, Satu & Olli-Paavo Koponen 2019: From obscurity to heritage:
Canonisation of the Nordic Wooden Town. International Journal of Heritage Studies.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13527258.2019.1693417
• Kyrka af träd. Kyrkobyggande under 1600- och 1700-talen i Finland, Norge och Sverige.
Museiverket Helsingfors, Niku Oslo, Riksantikvarieämbetet Stockholm, 2000. (in Swedish &
Finnish)
• ** Lilius, Henrik 1985. Suomalainen puukaupunki. The Finnish Wooden Town. Rungsted Kyst,
Nyborg.
• ** Nikula, Riitta 2005. Wood, Stone and Steel. Contours of Finnish Architecture. Helsinki.
• ** Pettersson, Lars 1979: National and international features of the old wooden church
architecture in Finland. Abacus 1979, pp 11–55.
• * Rakennettu puusta. Timber construction in Finland. Museum of Finnish Architecture & Finnish
Timber Council 1996. (”Basic information about wood” by Unto Siikanen; ”From log to
chipboard – the development of Finnish wooden house” by Panu Kaila)
 • ** Savolainen, Panu 2018. The Meaning of Urban Centrality in a Medium-Sized Eighteenth-
Century Town. Sjuttonhundratal 2018.
https://acris.aalto.fi/ws/portalfiles/portal/42140607/4483_Article_Text_16175_2_10_20191111.pdf
• ** Suomalainen puukirkko. Finnish Wooden Church. Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki
1989.
• ** (full text also in Japanese) Takeuchi, Akira 2013. Tutkimusretkellä suomalaisissa puukirkoissa:
pienimmistä maailman suurimpaan. Discovering Finnish wooden churches: from the smallest to
the world's largest. Lithon (great illustrations of structures)

Libraries to visit

Aalto University Learning Centre, https://aalto.finna.fi/Search/Results?lookfor=&lng=en-

gb&op=Search&aalto_data_field=

Library of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, www.mfa.fi

Library of the University of Helsinki, https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-university-library

More sources

Arkkitehti. The Finnish Architectural Review. (Good to know, one the oldest continuously published
Architectural Journal in the world (1903–>), the oldest volumes to 1929 are available freely in digital
format at https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/aikakausi/titles/0783-3660?display=THUMB&year=1921