Erkki Hautamäki
Erkki Hautamäki (born 28 August 1930) is a Finnish 'Councilor of Education'[1] - 'opetusneuvos' in Finnish -, a 'major of the reserve' for the Finnish Defense Forces, a historian and a researcher who has - foremost - focused in the history of the Finnish Wars during World War II and the Soviet war plans related to World War II. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Erkki Hautamäki | |
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Born | 1930 |
Nationality | Finnish |
Occupation | Military, History. |
Known for | Suomi myrskyn silmässä - "Finland in the Eye of a Storm" |
Career
In the 1960s, Hautamäki served in a special task force at the 'Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces'. From 1970 to 1990 Hautamäki served as the headmaster of Vuokatin Urheiluopisto, the 'Sports Educational Center of Vuokatti', in Eastern Finland. Hautamäki has published a book, 'Suomi myrskyn silmässä' ("Finland in the Eye of a Storm"), in 2005, in which both the pre-Winter War and the post-Winter War Soviet invasion plans on Finland are discussed and analyzed in detail. The Swedish version of Erkki Hautamäki’s book was examined by scientists at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. The book's introduction was co-written by Colonel, M.A. Erkki Nordberg. Until his retirement in 2006, Nordberg served as the Chief of the Department of Education at the Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces. Professor Kent Zetterberg, a teacher at the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, was the second writer.
Works
- Suomi myrskyn silmässä - "Finland in the Eye of a Storm" -, 2005 (In Swedish: Finland i stormens öga, 2004)
References
- ProKarelia, August 29, 2005
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erkki Hautamäki Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.