The Finnish Society for the History of Technology

The Finnish Society for the History of Technology was founded in 1926. The aim of the Society is to increase conspicuousness of the history of technology, engineering and industry, and to promote research and museum activity of the domain.

The Society publishes Tekniikan Waiheita, the Finnish quarterly for the history of technology. In addition to referenced articles the publication covers news as well as book, conference and museum reviews. The articles are mainly in Finnish, but articles in English and in Swedish are also published. Every issue contain Abstracts in English.

In 1999 the Society established a publications series together with FACTE (The Finnish Academies of Technology). By 2007, eleven monographies have been published under Suomen Tekniikan Historia – Finlands Teknikhistoria – History of Technology in Finland.

The FSHT is a member of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.

Contact

Address

Tekniikan Historian Seura ry
Tieteiden Talo
Kirkkokatu 6
00170 Helsinki
Finland

Council of the society in 2010

President
Petri Paju, Ph.D.
petpaju (at) utu.fi
tel. +358 2 333 6294

Mikko Kylliäinen (vice-president)
Teija Försti (secretary)
Kimmo Antila (treasurer)
Sampsa Kaataja (membership reg. holder)
Matti Kleimola
Vilho Korkeamäki
Tuula Kuusisalo
Panu Nykänen
Johan Stén
Mika Törmä
Pertti Vakkilainen

Membership

For membership issues and Tekniikan Waiheita subscriptions contact the Society's membership register's holder Sampsa Kaataja.

sampsa.kaataja(at)uta.fi
gsm +358 50 370 4594

Editor of Tekniikan Waiheita

Teija Försti
teija.forsti(at)utu.fi
gsm +358 50 533 9756