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Föreningen Konstsamfundet (lit. "The Art Foundation Association") is a Finnish association with the goal of supporting the culture of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland. It was founded in 1940 by '' vuorineuvos'' Amos Anderson, a newspaper publisher and a patron of the arts who bequeathed his entire fortune to Konstsamfundet. Konstsamfundet owns and operates the Amos Anderson Art Museum in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
, the largest private art museum in Finland. It is also the sole owner of the Swedish-language '' Hufvudstadsbladet'' newspaper in Finland.


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{{in lang, sv Swedish-speaking population of Finland Culture of Finland