Onni Okkonen

Onni Okkonen (20 August 1886 – 18 May 1962) was a Finnish art historian based at the University of Helsinki.

He was appointed professor of art history at the University of Helsinki in 1927, a position that he held until 1945.

His works include an overview of the history of Finnish art, Suomen taiteen historia (1945), which was translated into English in 1946,[1] as well as monographies on Wäinö Aaltonen, Juho Rissanen and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

He was also active as an art critic for the newspaper Uusi Suomi, as well as a fiction writer and painter.

He was chairman of the Kalevala Society from 1937 to 1942[2] and a member of the Academy of Finland from 1948 to 1956.