Royal Academy of Turku
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The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden. It was founded
Seal of the Royal Academy of Åbo
The Royal Academy before the city was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1827.
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 1 (Albert Edelfelt, 1902, painting in the ballroom of the University of Helsinki)
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 2
Great Fire of Turku
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The Great Fire of Turku was a conflagration in the city of Turku in 1827. It is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries. The city had faced several large fires
Royal Academy of Turku
…founded in 1640. In 1809, after Finland became a grand duchy within the Russian Empire, it was renamed the Imperial Academy of Turku. In 1828, after the Great Fire of Turku, the institution was moved to Helsinki, in line with the relocation of the capital of the grand duchy. It was finally renamed the University of Helsinki…
Painting of the Cathedral and the Academy building after the fire, by Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg whose atelier also burned down, 1827
Great Fire of Turku, Robert Wilhelm Ekman, unknown date
Turku in the winter of 1827, only a few months afterwards