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Petrus Nordmann
1858–1923
A Finnish-Swedish writer, teacher, and popular educator, he worked to make history and learning more accessible to a wider public. His books range from historical studies and textbooks to other nonfiction shaped by a strong interest in culture and civic education.
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Historiallisia kuvauksia hätäajoilta ja vainovuosilta
by Petrus Nordmann
About the author
Born in Helsinki on January 30, 1858, and later dying in Porvoo on October 27, 1923, Petrus Nordmann was a Finnish-Swedish author, teacher, and folk educator. He is described in reference works as a writer, lecturer, and public educator, and he also wrote under the names Peder Nord and Ptr. Nord.
Nordmann earned a doctorate in 1888 and spent many years teaching, including history, in Helsinki. He was also active in adult and public education, serving as director of Svenska folkakademin in Helsinge in the early 1900s. That mix of scholarship and teaching shaped much of his writing.
His work includes historical studies, educational books, and other prose linked to the Swedish-speaking cultural life of Finland around the turn of the twentieth century. Modern library and literary references remember him especially as a historian and educator whose writing aimed to inform as well as engage.