Nils Storå

Nils Eugen Storå (29 May 1933 – 22 March 2023) was a Finnish ethnologist.

He was born in Jakobstad. He was employed at Åbo Akademi University in 1959, and took his doctorate in 1968. From 1972 to 1997 he was a professor of Nordic ethnology, among others with an emphasis on skerry guard culture.[1] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]

He married librarian Siv Storå in 1958.[1] He died in March 2023.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Storå, Nils". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Utenlandske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Death announcement, Hufvudstadsbladet 2 April 2023


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