''Vartija'' (
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
: ''Guardian'') is a quarterly Finnish language
theological magazine based in
Helsinki, Finland
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It was published in print between 1888 and 2017 and became an online-only periodical in 2017.
The magazine is not attached to any church in Finland
and supports both conservatism and radicalism since its establishment.
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History and profile
''Vartija'' was founded in 1888 by a group of young priests who had left the Finnish Lutheran Church, including Elis Bergroth, Karl August Hildén and Aleksander Auvinen.[ The founding editor was Elis Bergroth who served in the post from 1888 to 1906, and he was succeeded by ]Lauri Ingman
Lars (Lauri) Johannes Ingman (30 June 1868, in Teuva – 25 October 1934, in Turku) was a Finnish theologian, bishop and politician. In 1906 he began to serve as the editor of '' Vartija'', a Christian magazine. From 1916 to 1930 he was the profes ...
.[ One of the topics covered in the magazine between 1888 and 1910 was the ]Finnish-American
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