Jarl Gallén

Jarl Wilhelm Erik Gallén (1908-1990), is a Finnish historian and Swedish-speaking professor in history at Helsinki University 1964-75.

Gallén's special field was middle ages, particularly the Dominicans history in the Nordic counties, but he also wrote about modern history of war. His most noticed work is about the treaty of Nöteborg and the medieval eastern frontier of Finland "Nöteborgsfreden och Finlands medeltida östgräns" (1968).

One of Gallén's thesis is that he holds it as unlikely that the Swedes made an crusade to Finland 1249-50 from a political point of view, because of a serious power struggle with Norway at the time. The second crusade he dates to the years of 1238 or 1239, which is more likely because that the papal bulla of crusade stems from 1237.

Bibliography

* "Finland i medeltidens Europa" (1998)

External links

* [http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/sidor/TEXTER/PROSA/UPPSLFINL/NOTEBORG.HTM Professor Jarl Gallén and the treaty of Nöteborg]