Ea Jansen (14 November 1921 Tallinn, Estonian SSR – 20 April 2005 Tallin, Estonia) was an Estonian historian of Finno-Ugric history, she is the daughter of Estonian feminist Helmi Press-Jansen and painter August Jansen. Until her death, she worked for the Tallinn Pedagogical University. She graduated from Tallinn 9th Secondary School in 1941 and studied at the University of Tartu from 1942 to 1949 and graduated with a degree in history.

Selected works

1998, "From an Ethnic Community to National Statehood: The Case of Estonians" (article)

Ea Jansen

References

1921 births

2005 deaths

20th-century Estonian historians

Estonian Finno-Ugrists

Historians of Estonia

Estonian women historians

Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class

Soviet historians

Academic staff of Tallinn University

Estonian non-fiction writers

20th-century Estonian women writers

Writers from Tallinn

Ea Jansen