Karl August Bomansson

Karl August Bomansson (5 April 1827 in Saltvik

Saltvik

Saltvik is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The total area is 1 161,8 km², of which 150,7 km² is land, 4,7 km² lakes and 1006,4 km² sea....

-7 February 1906 in Helsinki

Helsinki

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, was a Finnish historian and archivist. Between 1870 and 1883 ha was chief archivist at the National Archives of Finland

National Archives of Finland

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. From 1862 he was associate professor in history at Helsinki University.

In 1853 he was organizing the Finnish senates archives, and modernizing it into better standards. As a man of science he was foremost interested in the history of Åland. He wrote Kastelholm (1956), and Om Ålands folkminnen (1859), which was the first work on the archaeological subject in Finland. Bomansson took part in the excavations in Kökar

Kökar

Kökar is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.It is also one of the municipalities of Åland. It is reachable by boat from Långnäs on Åland or from Galtby with access to mainland Finland....

 in 1867. His assistant was then Johan Reinhold Aspelin.

Publications

• Skildring af Folkrörelsen på Åland, 1808. En scen ur Suomis sista strid. Med en öfversigt af Åland i Allmänhet (1852) Stockholm
• Kastelholm (1856) Helsingförs (with Henrik August Reinholm)
• Om Ålands folkminnen (1858) Helsingförs