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Savolainen Osakunta
(abr. SavO; Swedish: ''Savolax nation,'' English: ''Savonian nation)'' is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki. It is one of the Finnish-speaking nations and was established in 1905. The nation premises have been on the new student house top floor, also known as "Vinni", since 1931. History The concept of student nations, divided by geografic area, was conceived in University of Paris, Sorbonne. When the Royal Academy of Turku was founded in 1640, the concept of nations was also present. The earliest mention of Savonians was in 1653. The present nation was founded on 1 October 1905 with Karjalainen Osakunta, when the two nations split from Savo-karjalainen osakunta. The anniversary day of SavO is 20 February, or the nearest Saturday or Sunday, in remembrance of the decree that Finnish was introduced to the courts and the authorities. Membership has fallen since 1968, when student movements were radicalized, even though the legal requirement of be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martti Nissinen
Martti Heikki Nissinen (born April 22, 1959 in Kuopio) is a Finnish theologian, serving since 2007 as Professor of Old Testament studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki. He is known as an expert of the prophetic phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East, but his research interests include also gender issues (love poetry, homoeroticism, masculinity) in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. He has written and edited several books and a significant number of articles on topics related to prophecy, gender, and history of ancient Near Eastern religion. Nissinen received his Th.D. from the University of Helsinki in 1992, after which he held several research and teaching positions at this institution, such as Assistant Professor of Old Testament Studies (1985–1994) and as an Academy Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland (1994–2002). From 2002 to 2007, he served as Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East. He was a member of the Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Rehn
Olli Ilmari Rehn (; born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party, he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014, and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016. Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024, but was not elected. Early life and education Born in Mikkeli in Eastern Finland, Rehn studied economics, international relations, and journalism at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. He gained a master's degree in political science from the University of Helsinki in 1989, and a D.Phil. from St. Antony's College, Oxford in 1996 on the subject of "Corporatism and Industrial Competitiveness in Small European States". In addition to his native Finnish, he spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wermlands Nation
Wermlands Nation is one of thirteen Nation (university), student nations of Lund University in Sweden. It has 509 members and is thus the List of Lund University nations, smallest student nation in Lund - ranking behind Smålands Nation, Lund, Smålands Nation. History One of the oldest nations in Lund, Wermlands was founded in 1682 with the intention of uniting students from the Värmland region. It had four registered students at the time. Its first Inspektor, Johannes Eric Ahlström, was a professor of Roman poetry and rhetoric. In 1947, Wermlands built their first nation house in its current place, on Stora Tvärgatan 13. An extension wing was added to the house's west side by 1959. Around the same time, work started on a joint housing estate together with Kalmar Nation, Lund, Kalmar Nation and Blekingska Nationen on Måsvägen in western Lund. Wermlands' part of this estate has since been sold. In 2021, Emily Boyd, head of the university's Centre for Sustainability Studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Värmlands Nation
Värmlands nation is one of the List of Uppsala University nations, 13 student nations at Uppsala University. Värmlands nation catchment corresponds to Karlstad diocese, that is, the regions Värmland and Dalsland. No formal requirement related to any of these landscapes are nowadays a must. The nation has a wide range of activities, in addition to the nation's restaurant, café, pub and party activities the nation also has a library to borrow literature from. In addition, students also have the opportunities to apply for scholarships, and obtaining temporary loans from the nation. Other activities are: photography, sports, choir and theater. The nation building in red brick is designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and was completed in the year 1930. History Students from Värmland came together as early as in the late 1500s but first in 1660 formed an organized student community in that Värmland nation's constitution was written. The nation had their gatherings at the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Occupation Of Estonia
The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, (abbreviated Estonian SSR, Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia ) was an administrative subunit ( union republic) of the former Soviet Union (USSR), covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991. The Estonian SSR was nominally established to replace the until then independent Republic of Estonia on 21 July 1940, a month after the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet military invasion and occupation of the country during World War II. After the installation of a Stalinist government which, backed by the occupying Soviet Red Army, declared Estonia a Soviet constituency, the Estonian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union as a union republic on 6 August 1940. Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and administered as a part of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland'' until it was reconquered by the USSR in 1944. The majority of the world's countries did not recognise the incorporation of Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraternitas Estica
Fraternitas Estica (C!F!E!) or Korporatsioon Fraternitas Estica is an all-male academic corporation at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1907 and was reestablished in 1988. History In August 1900, Aleksander Paldrok spoke to the Estonian Students' Society's general assembly, proposing that the group form a corps. However, his proposal did not receive support. In 1904, twelve members of the Estonian Student's Society left it to establish a separate corporation. Initially, they called the group Aestia but soon changed it to Korporatsioon Fraternitas Estica for historical reasons. In 1906, Fraternitas Estica asked the rector of University of Tartu to approve this new corps and received recognition in April 1907. Fraternitas Estica made its first public appearance with its colors on May 9, 1907 (26 April according to the Julian calendar). This is considered the corps' official charter date. In 1913, a rift grew in the organization, resulting in the expuls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studentenverbindung
() or , often referred to as , is the umbrella term for many different kinds of fraternity-type associations in German-speaking countries, including Corps, , , , and Catholic fraternities. Worldwide, there are over 1,600 , about a thousand in Germany, with a total of over 190,000 members. These fraternities are organized by umbrella groups. In them, students spend their university years in an organized community, whose members stay connected even after graduation. A goal of this lifelong bond () is to create contacts and friendships over many generations and to facilitate networking. The is very important for the longevity of these networks. Their autonomous and grassroots democratic is also an important similarity of all student corporations. Apart from the and the , every Studentenverbindung also has a so-called (borrowed from French for 'how'). The is a body of rules that organize various aspects of fraternity life such as the , academic fencing (), and general rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsinaissuomalainen Osakunta
(VSO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ..., Finnish-speaking, established in 1906. References External links * 1906 establishments in Finland Student nations in Greater Helsinki {{Finland-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eteläsuomalainen Osakunta
(ESO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking, established in 1905 and it has Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa as recruitment regions. Before 1905, Nylands Nation (NN) gathered both Finnish- and Swedish-speaking university students from Southern Finland, but seceded from NN in 1905 to form a similar, but Finnish-speaking nation. Premises ESO has its premises in downtown Helsinki, at Uusi Ylioppilastalo, at Mannerheimintie 5, alongside four other Nations, Savolainen osakunta, Varsinaissuomalainen osakunta, Åbo Nation and Östra Finlands Nation. Friendship nations The Nation has friendship contracts with several student nations, student associations and student societies at universities in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Student Union Of The University Of Helsinki
The Student Union of the University of Helsinki (, HYY, , HUS) was founded in 1868. It has about 27,000 members. The union used to be one of the world's richest student organizations, with assets of several hundred million euros. Among other things, it owns a good deal of property in the city centre of Helsinki. However, in the 2020s, the financial situation of the union has quickly worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the rising of interest rates affecting its real estate business. For the year 2025-2026, the union raised its membership fee from 57 to 85 euros. The fee is compulsory for all students of the university. According to the newspaper ''Helsingin Sanomat'', banks are pressuring the union to sell its real estate assets while the markets are down, which would lead to substantial losses for the union. The union has been at the centre of student politics from the 19th-century nationalist movements, through the actions of the New Left in the 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Ahtisaari
Eeva Irmeli Ahtisaari (née Hyvärinen, born June 18, 1936) is a Finnish teacher and historian who was the First Lady of Finland from 1994 to 2000. She was married to the late 10th President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari. Their son is the musician Marko Ahtisaari. Life Eeva Ahtisaari graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1962 and worked as a history teacher in Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Espoo. In 1974–1989, Ahtisaari lived in Tanzania and Namibia as her husband Martti Ahtisaari worked as a diplomat and UN Special Representative. Ahtisaari's autobiography ''Juuret ja siivet'' (Roots and Wings) was published in 2002. On 21 March 2020, it was announced that Eeva Ahtisaari was tested positive for the coronavirus. She attended the International Women's Day concert on 8 March at the Helsinki Music Centre while infected. The former President of Finland Tarja Halonen was also present at the concert but she was not infected. Honours National honours * Grand Cross of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Päts
Konstantin Päts ( – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's prime minister. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Päts remained formally in office for over a month, until he was forced to resign, imprisoned by the new Stalinist regime, and deported to the USSR, where he died in 1956. Päts was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics, and he then started a famous, nearly four-decade long, political rivalry with Jaan Tõnisson — first through journalism with his newspaper '' Teataja'', later through politics. Although Päts was sentenced to death (in absentia) during the Russian Revolution of 1905, he was able to flee abroad, first to Switzerland, then to Finland, where he continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
