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Nations In Finnish Universities
In Finland, student nations (in Finnish, sg. osakunta, pl. osakunnat; in Swedish (student)nation) are student organisations within which a large proportion of extra-curricular student activity takes place. Though membership is not compulsory, the nations provide one of the main nodes of student social life, along with the faculty-based organisations (''ainejärjestöt'') at the universities. The first Finnish student nations were originally established at The Royal Academy of Turku. When the Academy moved to Helsinki after the Great Fire of Turku taking the name Imperial Alexander University in Finland, the nations moved along with it. Their institutional form is based on the original nation system of the University of Uppsala. After Finland had gained its independence from Russia, the university was renamed as the University of Helsinki. Today there are 15 nations, each one representing a historic region or province of Finland. Four of these nations represent Swedish-speaking ...
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Kymenlaakson Osakunta
Kymenlaakson Osakunta (KyO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking and established in 1933. Kymenlaakson Osakunta's home region is the province of Kymenlaakso in south-eastern Finland and constitutes from the cities of Hamina, Kotka and Kouvola and municipalities of Iitti, Miehikkälä, Pyhtää and Virolahti. The area of the town of Loviisa Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking. The municipality co ... is a shared region with the Eteläsuomalainen Osakunta. KyO's friendship organisations on aboard are the Korporatsioon Fraternitas Tartuensis in Tartu (since 1936, renewed 1990), Kalmar Nation in Uppsala (since 1947), Hallands Nation in Lund (since 1986) and Korporatsioon Sororitas Estoniae in Tartu (since 2017). In Finland KyO's friendship student nati ...
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Nation (university)
Student nations or simply nations ( la, natio meaning "being born") are regional corporations of students at a university. Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, they are now largely restricted to the oldest universities of Sweden and Finland, in part because of the violent conflicts between the nations in university towns in other countries. Medieval universities were cosmopolitan, with students from many different domestic and foreign regions. Students who were born within the same region usually spoke the same language, expected to be ruled by their own familiar laws, and therefore joined together to form the nations. The most similar comparison in the Anglo-world to the nation system is in the collegiate system of older British universities or fraternities at American universities; however, both of these comparisons are imperfect. In Portugal and Brazil, there are fraternities called '' Repúblicas'', but this has nothing to do with the ''natio'' original concept of na ...
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Östra Finlands Nation
Östra Finlands Nation (ÖFN) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Swedish-speaking and established in 1924. The nation is formed to represent the interests of Swedish-speaking students coming from Eastern Finland, nowadays interpreted as the community of Sipoo and any place more to the east of it. While the official language of the nation is Swedish and most members are students at the University of Helsinki, any student (including international degree or exchange students) studying at any university or applied university in the Helsinki region is welcome as a member. History Historically, this nation was split off in 1924 from one of the original nations of the university, "Wiborgs nation", that is nowadays known as "Wiipurilainen osakunta" and was originally established in 1654 for students coming from the region of the city of Vyborg. Hence the nation maintains the memory and traditions of the city of Wyborg as its heritage. Current activities I ...
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Ã…bo Nation
Ã…bo Nation (Ã…N) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, it is Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...-speaking and was established in 1906. References External links * Student nations in Greater Helsinki {{Finland-university-stub ...
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Vasa Nation
Vasa nation (VN) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...-speaking and established in 1908. References External links

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Nylands Nation
Nylands Nation (NN) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finland's oldest, Swedish-speaking and established in 1643 at The Royal Academy of Turku. In 1828, the Academy moved to Helsinki taking the name "University" and Nylands Nation moved there along with the other Nations. Since 1904 the house of Nylands Nation, a building designed by Karl Hård af Segerstad, has stood at Kasarmikatu 40. Friendship nations Nylands nation has close connections with a number of student nations and fraternities at several foreign universities. Uppsala * Södermanlands-Nerikes nation * Värmlands nation * Västgöta nation Lund * Wermlands nation Linköping * Wermlands nation Copenhagen * Studenterforeningen vid Kobenhavns universitet Oslo * Det norske studentersamfund Stockholm * Humanistiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet Berlin * VBSt Lysistrata Marburg * Marburger Burschenschaft Arminia Tartu * Korporatsioon Filiae Patriae * Korporatsioon Ugala ...
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Pohjois-Pohjalainen Osakunta
North Ostrobothnian Nation ( fi, Pohjois-Pohjalainen Osakunta, PPO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki. PPO is Finnish-speaking and established in 1907. Originally formed by students from the northern former Oulu and Lapland Provinces, the nation now accepts anyone studying in the Helsinki region as a member. PPO formed the historical Pohjalainen Osakunta, or Österbottniska Nationen (''Latin: Natio Ostrobothniensis''), together with Etelä-Pohjalainen Osakunta and Vasa nation. Established in 1643, it was one of the original nations at the Royal Academy of Turku, moving to Helsinki in 1828 with the relocation of the university. PPO still has close ties with the other Ostrobothnian nations. Together, they share the Ostrobotnia House (pictured) in central Helsinki, one of several buildings owned by different student organizations in the city. Famous former members of PPO include two Presidents of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg and Urho Kekkonen Urho Kal ...
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Etelä-Pohjalainen Osakunta
Etelä-Pohjalainen Osakunta (EPO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ..., Finnish-speaking and established in 1908. References External links

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