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Turku is an old university town. Queen Christina of Sweden established the third university of the Sweden-Finland kingdom, the Royal Academy of Turku, in 1640. In the 1820s, three major figures of Finnish language, culture and literature, J.V. Snellman, Elias Lönnrot and J.L. Runeberg, studied at the Royal Academy of Turku.
The spring of Choraeus has been named after Mikael Choraeus (1774–1806), Docent of Eloquence at the Royal Academy of Turku from 1799 to 1802. Choraeus was also a writer and one of his most significant poems was 'A Farewell to Ruissalo', published in a newspaper in 1799. In this poem, he praises the beauty of Ruissalo.The spring was known as a place of refreshment in the 19th century for baccalaureates and town residents who raised toasts at the spring and enjoyed its refreshing water. The ...
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Turun akatemia - Kungliga akademien i Åbo - Royal Academy of Turku - Academia regia aboensis (nu Helsingfors universitet) 1640-1828. Kungliga akademien i Åbo (1640-1808) hette Kejserliga akademien i Åbo 1808-1828.
Jan 11, 2024 · The Royal Academy of Turku (Swedish Kungliga Akademin i bo or bo Kungliga Akademi, Latin Regia Academia Aboensis, Finnish Turun akatemia) was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden.
The Royal Academy of Turku. The first university to be established in Turku was The Royal Academy of Turku, in 1640, which was transferred to the new Capital, Helsinki, after the Great Fire of Turku in 1827. Three famous Finns began their studies in Turku in 1822.
It then discusses the founding of the Royal Academy of Turku, its professors and governing bodies, its role as a community, student numbers, the research and controversies. Travelling through the age of autonomy, the first decades of independence and the Second World War, the book examines the expansion of higher education, the development of the system, and the establishment of polytechnics.
