Pentti Linkola
Finnish ecologist (1932–2020)
Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (7 December 1932 in Helsinki – 5 April 2020) was a prominent Finnish deep ecologist, ornithologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman. He wrote widely about his ideas and in Finland was a prominent thinker, and is linked by some authors to ecofascism and to authoritarian deep ecology.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Pentti Linkola (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Dec 7, 1932, died Apr 5, 2020.1
About
Linkola was a year-round fisherman from 1959 to 1995. He fished on Keitele, Päijänne and the Gulf of Finland, and since 1978 he fished on Vanajavesi.
Linkola blamed humans for the continuous degradation of the environment. He promoted rapid population decline to combat the problems commonly attributed to overpopulation. Linkola also defended an end to immigration, the reversion to pre-industrial life ways, and authoritarian measures to keep human life within strict limits.
From Wikipedia’s article on Pentti Linkola, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedHelsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu3
Career
Occupation: dissident, ecologist, writer, environmentalist, philosopher, ornithologist, essayist, fisher.5
- Date not recordedFounded Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation4
Personal life
Awards
- 1983Eino Leino Prize11
Links
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- 1WikidataPentti Linkola on Wikidata
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- 14Wikimedia CommonsPentti Linkola photo by Soppakanuuna, CC BY-SA 3.0