University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki   (University)
Formation	1640
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Type	Public
The oldest and largest university in Finland

The University of Helsinki is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish Åbo) in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. In 2020, around 31,600 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes.

The university is bilingual, with teaching by law provided both in Finnish and Swedish. Since Swedish, albeit an official language of Finland, is a minority language, Finnish is by far the dominating language at the university. Teaching in English is extensive throughout the university at master, licentiate, and doctoral levels, making it a de facto third language of instruction.

Research

In September 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense provided the university with more than four million euros, stated to be funding for the treatment of MYC genes and breast cancer.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Esko Aho	20 May 1954		Finland	Politician	Attended the 1994 Bilderberg as Prime Minister of Finland
Georg Ehrnrooth	27 July 1926	17 October 2010	Finland	Politician Lawyer	Right-wing and anti-communist politician. Part of the patrician Ehrnrooth family, which has several Bilderbergers.
Eljas Erkko	1 June 1895	20 February 1965	Finland	Politician Editor	As Foreign Minister, botched the negotiations with the Soviet Union before the Winter War. President of International Press Institute 1954-56
Olli Heinonen	1946		Finland		Former Deputy Director-General for Safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency
Olli-Pekka Heinonen	25 June 1964		Finland	Civil servant	Finnish politician and civil servant. Bilderberg boost in 2011, when he became Prime Minister's state secretary.
Jon Hellevig	26 February 1962	26 May 2020	Finland	Journalist Lawyer Businessperson	Finnish lawyer and businessman who worked in Russia since the early 1990s.
Seppo Honkapohja	7 March 1951		Finland	Academic Central banker	Finnish economist
Sixten Korkman	3 February 1948		Finland	Academic Economist	Single Bilderberger Finnish economist with high profile in corporate media.
Paavo Lipponen	23 April 1941		Finland	Journalist Politician	Penta-Bilderberger, Prime Minister of Finland
Leena Mörttinen	19 March 1967		Finland	Economist	Finnish well-connected economist
Kaius Niemi	1974		Finland	Editor	Finnish editor who attended the 2022 Bilderberg
Sofi Oksanen	7 January 1977		Finland	Author
Jorma Ollila	15 August 1950		Finland	Deep state operative Businessperson	Shell chairman, Nokia CEO, Bilderberg steering committee, WEF
Hanna Rajalahti			Finland	Editor	Finnish editor of business magazine.
Reino Rossi	19 November 1919	8 March 1985	Finland	Academic Economist Central banker Businessperson	Finnish central banker who attended Bilderberg 1974 and 1977.
Martin Scheinin	4 November 1954		Finland	Academic
Matti Vanhanen	4 November 1955		Finland

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