Agricola in Turku Cathedral.
Photo by
Hannu Aaltonen / Agricola 2007
Organisation
On March 17, 2005, Tuula Haatainen, the Minister of Education, and Tanja Karpela, the Minister of Culture, set up a committee, and under it a working group, to plan the Jubilee Year. The committee gathers together the major contributors to the Jubilee and it is chaired by Keijo Virtanen, the Rector of the University of Turku. The vice-chair of the committee and the chair of the working group is Aslak Lindström, who retired from the office of Director General of the Finnish National Board of Education in October 2005. The Jubilee Year secretariat works from the University of Turku, and the Secretary-General of the jubilee project is Ossi Tuusvuori.
To achieve the goals of the Jubilee, the task of the committee and the working group is to maintain the Jubilee program calendar and to develop and coordinate Jubilee events with the other organisers. The goal is that the expenses of the Jubilee project will be covered mainly by the various contributors themselves. Another task of the committee and the working group is to promote the Jubilee and to acquaint people with Agricola?s life work and influence in Finland.
The term of office of both the committee and the work group is from March 3, 2005 to February 2, 2008.
Minister Jaakko Numminen, Ossi Haaramäki, D.Th. and Alexander Belov, the vice-chair of the Russia-Finland Society, have been appointed as permanent experts in the Agricola Jubilee Year organisation.
Contact information:
Ossi Tuusvuori, Secretary-General, Master of Social Sciences
Tel: + 358 2 333 6305
Mobile: + 358 40 760 8280
Fax: + 358 2 333 5907
E-mail: givenname.surname@utu.fi
Anna Harmaa, Project coordinator, Master of Education
Tel: + 358 2 333 6523
Mobile: + 358 40 717 8127
Fax: + 358 2 333 5907
E-mail: givenname.surname@utu.fi
Jubilee Year Committee
Chair: Keijo Virtanen, Rector, University of Turku
Vice-Chair: Aslak Lindström, MA, PhD, Counsellor of Education
Members:
Archbishop Jukka Paarma
Deputy member: Heikki Jääskeläinen, Secretary to the Archbishop
Kirsi Lindroos, Director-General, Finnish National Board of Education
Riitta Kaivosoja, Director-General, Ministry of Education
Ulla Martikainen-Florath, Director of Programmes, Yle-Teema, Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
Pirkko Nuolijärvi, Director, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Deputy member: Riitta Palkki, special researcher, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Kaija Hartiala, Deputy Mayor, City of Turku
Professor Simo Heininen, Department of Church History, University of Helsinki
Deputy member: Anna Perälä, librarian, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
Professor Kaisa Häkkinen, School of Finnish, University of Turku
Deputy member: Nobufumi Inaba, special researcher, School of Finnish, University of Turku
Mervi Murto, President, Union of Teachers of the Finnish Language
Mikko Ketonen, President of the board, TS-Group
Kalevi Kettinen, President, Kuolemajärvi-foundation
Juhani Kostet, Director, Turku Provincial Museum
Deputy member: Tarja-Tuulikki Laaksonen, museum educator, Turku Provincial Museum
Anu Laitila, Director, Nuoren Voiman Liitto
Lars-Folke Landgren, Director, Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki
Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen, Secretary-General, Finnish Literature Society
Deputy member: Ilkka Välimäki, researcher, Finnish Literature Society
Kari Levola, Chair, The Union of Finnish Writers
Jussi Nuorteva, Director, the National Archive Service
Paula Purhonen, Director-General, the National Board of Antiquities
Ralf Sjödahl, Municipal manager, Pernaja municipality
Jubilee Working Group
Chair:
Aslak Lindström, MA, PhD, Counsellor of Education
Members:
Helena Edgren, National Board of Antiquities and Historical Monuments / Finnish National Museum
Deputy member: Elina Anttila, researcher, National Board of Antiquities and Historical Monuments / Finnish National Museum
Christian Hoffmann, Assistant, Turku Art Museum
Annu Jylhä-Pyykönen, Counsellor of Education, Ministry of Education, Department of Science Policy
Tarja-Tuulikki Laaksonen, museum educator, Turku Provincial Museum
Päivi Salonen, Senior inspector, Ministry of Education
Minna Sartes, Head of Cultural Services, City of Turku
Deputy member: Helena Virtanen, Chief librarian, Turku City Library
Kai Vahtola, Director, Church Council
Deputy member: Jyrki Knuutila, University lecturer, Docent in Practical Theology, University of Helsinki
Ilkka Välimäki, researcher, Finnish Literature Society
Airi Vilhunen, Head of Programmes, YLE Culture, Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
Jaana Sormunen, Executive Producer, YLE Culture / Education, Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
Kristina Kaihari-Salminen, Senior Advisor, Finnish National Board of Education
Deputy member: Pirjo Sinko, Counsellor of Education, Finnish National Board of Education
Permanent experts
Minister Jaakko Numminen
Ossi Haaramäki, Doctor of Theology
Alexander Belov, Vice-Chair, Finland?Russia Society
Translations: Department of English Translation Studies, Turku University.