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State Award for Public Information 2020: Anna-Kaisa Hiltunen

13.10.2020

Managing editor and head of research communications Anna-Kaisa Hiltunen for her work, Euroopan porteilla – turvapaikkapolitiikan vaikeat vaiheet (At the gates of Europe – the difficult phases of asylum policy).

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State Award for Public Information 2020: Juha Kauppinen

13.10.2020

Journalist and author Juha Kauppinen for his work, Monimuotoisuus – kertomuksia katoamisista (Diversity – tales of extinction).

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State Award for Public Information 2020: Kai Myrberg and Matti Leppäranta

13.10.2020

Marine scientist and non-fiction writer Kai Myrberg and professor emeritus and non-fiction writer Matti Leppäranta for their work, Itämeri ja ihminen (The Baltic Sea and man).

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Committee for Public Information

State Award for Public Information 2020: Paleface and Esa Salminen

13.10.2020

Rap artist Paleface (Karri Miettinen) and author Esa Salminen for their work, Kolmetoista kertaa kovempi – räppärin käsikirja (Thirteen times harder – the rapper’s handbook).

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Background to the Award for Public Information

21.4.2020

The roots of the State Award for Public Information stretch back to 1865, when the Senate decided to grant Finland’s first state awards. At the initiative of Senator J. V. Snellman, the decision was taken to grant three literary awards: non-fiction,

Science communication

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Committee for Public Information

Nominate the recipient of the State Award for Public Information!

21.4.2020

Awards are granted for major information publication work in the field of scientific, artistic and technological information dissemination that has increased citizens’ knowledge and stimulated societal debate. The award is granted for currently relevant

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Committee for Public Information

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State Awards

21.4.2020

The Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland grants annual state awards for information publication based on the proposal of the Committee for Public Information. State Awards for Public Information have been granted since 1968. Read more about the

Science communication

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Committee for Public Information

State Award for Public Information 2019: Pertti Mustajoki

1.10.2019

Professor Pertti Mustajoki received a lifetime award for extremely important long-term public information work in the field of health and healthy living.

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Committee for Public Information

State Awards for Public Information 2019

1.10.2019

Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture's press release.

Science communication

Non-fiction

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State Award for Public Information 2019: Seppo Hentilä

1.10.2019

Dr of social sciences, professor emeritus in political history Seppo Hentilä for the book Pitkät varjot. Muistamisen historia ja politiikka (Dark shadows. The history and politics of memory)

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State Award for Public Information 2019: Teija Alanko

1.10.2019

Plant archaeologist and biologist, Teija Alanko, PhD, for the book Malva ja mulperi. Poimintoja entisajan puutarhoista (Mallow and mulberry. Pickings from the gardens of the past)

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Committee for Public Information

Producer Maiju Ristkari, curator Nina Suni and photographer Vesa Tyni.

State Award for Public Information 2019: Sukupuolena ihminen

1.10.2019

Producer Maiju Ristkari, curator Nina Suni and photographer Vesa Tyni for the multimedia Sukupuolena ihminen (Gender human) project

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Committee for Public Information