SLA200H1 Lecture Notes - Kanteletar, Leine, Jean Sibelius
18 Jan 2013
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Until 1809 was considered eastern part of sweden. Possibility of independence would have been much harder under sweden. When annexed to russia, russian was supposed to become the official language, but never did (social institutions were already established) Fenomens (promoting finnish) saw a hole and began promoting the language on higher scales. A secret society in turku (the former capital of finland) It was an organized nationalist historical-literary society, with an interest in music. He was a professor at the royal academy of turku. He was a historian with an interest in mythology and folk poetry. Aurora society disappeared in 1779 and porthan died. However, his students & students of students picked up where he left and started up the turku. Had the publications of aura, mnemosyne albums of folk poetry. Turun wiikkosanomat- weekly finnish language newspaper spread folk culture and language.
