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The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest university in Finland. Its precursor institution, The Royal Academy of Turku, was established in 1640 in the city of Turku as a Swedish university when Finland was part of Sweden. In 1809, Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy of Imperial Russia as a result of the Swedish-Russian War of 1808–1809, and the Royal Academy of Turku was renamed the Imperial Academy of Turku. The Russian emperor transferred the university from Turku to Helsinki in 1828 and renamed it the Imperial Alexander University in Finland. After Finland became an independent state in 1917, the name of the university was changed to University of Helsinki in 1919 (University of Helsinki, n.d.a).
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Husu, L., Saarikoski, T. (2007). Promotion of Gender Equality in the University of Helsinki. In: Sagaria, M.A.D. (eds) Women, Universities, and Change. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603509_8
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