Jakke Holvas - 375 Humanists
- ️Thu Aug 13 2015
Humanist of the day August 13, 2015 13.08.2015
Jakke Holvas is a voice of FBC radio, philosopher, writer and prodigious reader of classic literature. He should have become President, but instead became a TV personality who interviewed presidents. Holvas, who enjoys contemplating the philosophy of economics, spends his spare time with his children and, when in Helsinki, goes fishing for zander.
Jakke Holvas
Jakke Mikael Holvas
Born September 16, 1968, Turku
Master of Arts 1996, PhD 2009 (theoretical philosophy), University of Helsinki
FBC morning TV presenter 2011–13
Host of the FBC Radio Finland current affairs programme Ajantasa and FBC Radio 1 morning programme Ykkösaamu 2008–
Journalist for the TV programme T-Klubi 2006-07, Tarinatalo
Columnist 2004-06, Helsingin Sanomat
Journalist, features and Sunday-edition, 2004-06, Helsingin Sanomat
Member of Lektio, a cooperative specialised in organising lectures and producing articles and columns, 2005–
Photo: Jakke Holvas
Written by Jakke Holvas and Tero Juutilainen (ed.)
Translated by Matthew Billington
When I was a small boy, I said I would be president when I grew up. I didn’t become president, but I have interviewed President Sauli Niinistö on the FBC radio programme Ajantasa, where the author Mikko Rimminen was also a guest.
I studied for my Master’s degree between 1989 and 1996. I then had a gap of two years, after which I engaged in sporadic periods of postgraduate study between 1998 and 2009. I would have liked to stay at the University forever.
My best university memories are related to like-minded friends. We met at the main building hall, went to the canteen together and dug out books to lend to each other from our bags.
