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The Academy of Åbo was the name of a still existing university, founded in 1640 by Queen Christina of Sweden at proposal of Count Per Brahe, in Åbo ( Turku), Finland. It was the third university founded in the Swedish Realm, following Uppsala University and the Academia Gustaviana (now the University of Tartu in Estonia). Turku (Swedish: Åbo) was the administrative capital of Finland as a part of Sweden. In 1809 Finland was ceded to Russia and the capital continued shortly there, soon to be relocated to HelsinkiHelsingin kaupunki Helsingfors stad CityHelsinki ( 1550) Administrative Province Southern Finland Historical Province Uusimaa Area Total Land Water Ranked 349th686 km²186 km²500 km² Population Total (2003-12-31) Density Ranked 1st559,3302,923/km² (1st) Ti. In 1827Events February 20 Battle of Huzaingo February 28 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. March 7 Ellen Turner is abducted The Shrigley Abduction case begins the university was also relocated and continued in Helsinki firstly as the Imperial Alexander University , today the University of HelsinkiThe University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. Around 38,000 students (including 5,500 post-graduate students) are currently enrolled in the. Both the University of TurkuThe University of Turku located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrolment. It was established in 1920. The university is a member of the Coimbra Group. History The history of the est and the Åbo Akademi UniversityThe bo Akademi University is a Swedish language university in Finland. It is one of three universities in the town of Turku Abo in Swedish). There are 7950 students and 1229 of staff (as of 2003). The Pedagogical Faculty is located in Vaasa. External link are newer entities, but they still try to claim an academic tradition at the location spanning from the 17th century16th century 17th century 18th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601- 1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of, despite of that hiatus of approximately a century in Turku.
See also: List of universities in FinlandUniversity of Helsinki University of Joensuu University of Jyvaskyla University of Kuopio University of Lapland in Rovaniemi University of Oulu University of Tampere University of Turku University of Vaasa in Vaasa Abo Akademi University in Turku Helsinki, History of FinlandThis is the history of Finland . See also the history of Sweden, history of Russia, history of Europe, history of the European Union, and history of present-day nations and states. Pre-history Archeological evidence for the first settlers, mostly from the, History of Sweden
Finnish history
