Filiae Patriae (also korp! Filiae Patriae, abbreviated C!FP) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n student

sorority Fraternities and sororities are social organizations at colleges and universities in North America. Generally, membership in a fraternity or sorority is obtained as an undergraduate student, but continues thereafter for life. Some accept gradua ...

( distinct from the North American understanding of said term); the oldest sorority in Estonia. Filiae Patriae was founded on 27 October 1920 at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

, and operated until 1940, when it was closed after Estonia was unlawfully incorporated into the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Sorority's activity continued in the West: chapters were founded in Canada, USA, Sweden, Australia and Brazil. The sorority was re-established in 1988–89. Filiae Patriae also has friendship treaties with several overseas fraternities, such as the

Hämäläis-Osakunta Hämäläis-Osakunta (HO, colloquially Hämis) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking and established in 1653 at The Royal Academy of Turku. In 1828, the academy moved to Helsinki adopting the name ''univer ...

and

Nylands Nation Nylands Nation (NN) is one of the 15 Nations at Finnish universities, student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finland's oldest, Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking and established in 1643 at The Royal Academy of Turku. In 1828, the Aca ...

of 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 ...

, as well as

Gästrike-Hälsinge nation Gästrike-Hälsinge Nation, colloquially known as GH, is an association of university students in Uppsala, Sweden, primarily from Uppsala University but also for students from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The nation first and ...

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

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* {{Estonian student organizations Organizations established in 1920 1920 establishments in Estonia