Hannu Veli Soikkanen (4 August 1930 – 9 May 2020) was a Finnish historian. Soikkanen was active in the study of Finland's history 1962–66 at the University of Turku, and 1967–76 in economic and social history. Between 1976 and 1993 he was a professor in social history at Helsinki University. Source: Wikipedia (en)