Distribution of books in Finland before 1850

In Distribution of books in Finland before 1850 you can find information about books in Finland printed before 1850. The data has mainly been collected in the 1980's and the beginning of the 1990's. The most accurate possible bibliographic information about old books have been collected from 448 municipalities. Information about and hand written signatures and other notes has been registered in the database. The data has been enriched with information from inventory registers of parishes in 1992. These registers usually contain only a short title, the name of the author and the year of print. To improve research use capabilities some dynamic maps and diagrams have been added. It is possible to study for instance the current situation of the mapping or the type of collection (museum, library, parish etc.) or the publication year of the books.

In addition to the municipal mapping also some books from private collections have been added. The user has the possibility to add information about his or her own books or books in other private collections. Data collection ended in 2020.

Contributors

Tuija Laine, professor of church history, University of Helsinki, project coordination and content administration
Anna Ruokamo, Bachelor of Theology, content storage
Timo Salmela, Master of Theology, original database and user interface development, content administration
Timo Valtonen, Master of Social Sciences, digitization
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