Matti Klinge
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Matti Klinge (31 August 1936 – 5 March 2023) was a Finnish professor and historian.
Klinge studied at the University of Helsinki and gained his Ph.D. in 1969. He later served as a visiting professor at the University of Paris (1970–1972) and held the Swedish Professorship of History at the University of Helsinki between 1975 and 2001.<ref>Biography Template:Webarchive at the website of the Finnish publishing company Söderströms.</ref> Klinge was one of the most prolific Finnish historians.
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Honors
Order of the White Rose of Finland (Finland, 1990)
Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 1980)
Legion of Honour (France, 2015)
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Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, 1996)
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