Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (26 February 1963 – 18 December 2023) was a Finnish academic researcher, serving as a professor of the Arabic language and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh. Before that he was a professor at the University of Helsinki.

Biography

Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila was born on 16 February 1963. He was one of the leading researchers of Islam in Finland. He wrote many popular books on Islamic culture, history and poetry. Hämeen-Anttila also translated the Qur'an into Finnish in the year 1995 and the Epic of Gilgamesh in the year 2000. He served on the editorial board of the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Hämeen-Anttila was married to the academic researcher and novelist Virpi Hämeen-Anttila. Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila died on 18 December 2023, at the age of 60.

Awards

Publications

Books in English

Books in Finnish

Translations in Finnish