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Finnish ethnographer
Ragna Ahlback
(1914 ? 2002) was a Finnish
ethnographer
and
archivist
.
Early life
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Ragna Ulrica Ahlback (nee Nikander) was born on 17 July 1914 in
Porvoo
. She grew up in
Turku
where her father, cultural historian and professor
Gabriel Nikander
, taught at
Abo Akademi
University.
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Niklander completed her doctoral dissertation in 1955. "Kokar: naringslivet och dess organisation i en utskarssocken" established her as a pioneer in the area of Nordic studies.
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Family life
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Ragna married the linguist
Olav Ahlback
. The couple had a son,
Tore
, who became a
theologian
and
librarian
.
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Career
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Ahlback served over 44 years as archivist for
Svenska Litteratursallskapet Finland
, the Swedish Literature Society's folklore archive in Finland. She began her professional work in 1937, which included field work throughout Finland, and later, Sweden.
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In 1965 she moved to
Malax
where she founded the
Kvarken Boat Museum
with her husband.
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Later life
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Alback died in
Pargas
on 6 September 2002. Her extensive research archives, including a number of films from the 1950s and 1960s featuring traditional farming and fishing practices, are held at the Swedish Literature Society archives.
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Bibliography
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1984).
Prastgardsmuseet i Korsnas
. Korsnas: Foreningen Prastgardsmuseet i Korsnas.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1983).
Bonden i svenska Finland: teori och praktik inom akerbruk och boskapsskotsel
. Helsingfors: Svenska Litteratursallskapet i Finland.
ISBN
978-951-9017-85-3
.
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1981).
Fynd och forskning: till Ragna Ahlback 17.7.1981
. Helsingfors.
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1979). "Byrad och sockenstamma".
Svenska Osterbottens historia. 2.
: 173?217.
OCLC
937129660
.
- Haro, Elias; Kaila, Panu; Ahlback, Ragna; Svenska Osterbottens landskapsforbund (1978).
Osterbottensgarden: handbok for renovering
. Seinajoki; Vasa: Etela-Pohjanmaan maakuntaliitto; Sv. Osterbottens landskapsforb.
ISBN
978-951-99084-2-7
.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1976).
Amerikatrunken: emigranter berattar om sig sjalva
. Helsinki: Schildt.
ISBN
978-951-50-0111-5
.
- Krooks, Sven-Erik; Ahlback, Ragna; Jern, Kurt (1975).
Osterbotten / 1974; ostrobothnia Australis; 1924-1974 / red.: Svens-Erik Krooks, Ragna Ahlback & KurJern
. Vasa: Svensk-osterbottniska samfundet.
- Makinen, Vesa; Ahlback, Ragna (1974).
Kaunis Suomi 3. 3
. Porvoo; Helsinki: WSOY.
ISBN
978-951-0-00025-0
.
- Ahlback, Ragna; Svenska Osterbottens litteraturforening (1972).
Roster, vagar: ny osterbottnisk lyrik
. Smedsby: Utg.
- Ahlback, Ragna; Estlander, Carl; Jern, Kurt (1971).
Utgivna av Svensk-osterbottniska Samfundet
.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1971).
Socklots byratts protokoll 1751-1761
. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland.
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1967). "De osterbottniska byordningarna och deras bakgrund".
Vasterbotten (Umea. 1920)
.
1967
: 199?206.
ISSN
0346-4938
.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1959). "Finlandssvensk folklivsforskning 1908-58".
Svenskbygden
: 14?16.
ISSN
0356-1755
.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1958).
Esbo kommun under femhundra ar, 1458-1958
. Helsingfors: publisher not identified.
- Ahlback, Ragna (1955).
Kokar: naringslivet och dess organisation i en utskarssocken
. Helsingfors: Svenska Lit.-Sallsk. i Finland.
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1946).
Gods och herresaten i Finland
. Helsingfors.
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- Ahlback, Ragna (1945).
Kulturgeografiska kartor over Svenskfinland
. Helsingfors: Mercator.
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