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25 unusual facts about University of Helsinki


Aarne Ervi

Ervi was among the pioneers in the use of concrete elements in Finnish architecture while working on the design of the University of Helsinki's Porthania building in 1949.

Academic Karelia Society

The AKS controlled the student union of the University of Helsinki from the mid-1920s right up to 1944, when the Society was disbanded in the aftermath of the Continuation War that to a great extent had been planned and fought in accordance with the AKS agenda.

Adlercreutzia

The name Adlercreutzia derives from:
New Latin feminine gender noun Adlercreutzia, named after H. Adlercreutzm a Professor in University of Helsinki in Finland), for his contributions to research on the effects of phyto-oestrogens on human health.

Armas Lindgren

In 1919 he replaced Gustaf Nyström to the position of the professor of architecture in the University of Helsinki.

Bror-Erik Wallenius

In the 1960s he studied languages and social sciences in the University of Helsinki.

Carl Fredrik Meinander

Carl Fredrik (C. F.) Valdemar Meinander (October 6, 1916 Helsinki – August 23, 2004 Helsinki) was a Finnish archaeologist and professor of Finnish and Scandinavian archaeology at University of Helsinki in Finland.

Dmitry Burkov

In 1990, Burkov directly contributed to establishing an Internet connection between Moscow (the Kurchatov Institute) and Finland (the University of Helsinki).

Elin Kallio

She was a gymnastics instructor for thirty-four years at private Finnish girls schools and at the University of Helsinki.

Elissa Aalto

She graduated in architecture from the University of Helsinki in 1949, and the same year she joined the office of Alvar Aalto.

Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Established in 1994 as a continuation of a research project started in 1973, it is located within the Chemistry Department of the Kumpula Campus of the University of Helsinki.

J. S. Sirén

Sirén went on to hold his own office, and his later work included the expansion of the main building of the University of Helsinki.

Johanne Morasse

She also went to study in Finland and received a doctorate in forestry and agriculture from the University of Helsinki.

Jouko Väänänen

He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Helsinki and a professor of mathematical logic and foundations of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.

Juha Pentikäinen

Juha Pentikäinen (born 1940) is a professor in the Department of Comparative Religion at the University of Helsinki.

Kaisa Nyberg

Nyberg received her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1980 from the University of Helsinki, with a dissertation in topology.

Mikael Fortelius

Mikael Fortelius (born 1 February 1954) is Professor of Evolutionary Palaeontology at the University of Helsinki and the coordinator of the Neogene of the Old World database of fossil mammals.

Paavo Lipponen

Soon after returning to Finland he moved to Helsinki where he eventually attained a master's degree in international relations from the University of Helsinki in 1971.

Paul Suni

He studied at University of California at Berkeley (Experimental Quantum Physics); Stanford University (Semiconductor Device Physics); the Institute for Theoretical Physics at University of Helsinki (Theoretical Physics) and Helsinki Conservatory of Music (Classical Piano and Music Theory).

Pekka Himanen

In his book HimEros written as a dialogue, Socrates’ wife Xanthippe relates to the Helsinkian what happened to Socrates in Hades, how Socrates decided to escape from Hades and go to study philosophy at the University of Helsinki, and how he was arrested, sentenced to death and executed as a result of a three-day conversation with the philosophers of the University.

Pentti Kanerva

Kanerva has an A.A. from Warren Wilson College, M.S. in forestry, with a minor in mathematics and statistics from the University of Helsinki, and has a Ph.D. in Philosophy, from Stanford University.

Raimo Lahti

Raimo Lahti (born 1946) has been professor of Criminal Law at the University of Helsinki since 1979 and has been involved with reform of the Finnish Medical Law and Criminal Law.

Stephen G. Rabe

Rabe has held a Fulbright Distinguished Chair and the Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki.

Stig Stenholm

Stenholm obtained an engineering degree at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), and a master of science degree in mathematics at the University of Helsinki, both in 1964.

The Swapper

The Swapper was a project made by two University of Helsinki students Otto Hantula and Olli Harjola in their spare time.

Tuomo Mannermaa

Tuomo Mannermaa (b. 29 September 1937 Oulu, Finland) is professor emeritus of ecumenical theology at University of Helsinki.


Arvid Genetz

Genetz graduated from the gymnasium in 1866 , graduated from the University of Helsinki as a candidate doctor in 1871 and received his doctorate in 1877 .

Docrates Cancer Center

Akseli Hemminki’s research team in Biomedicum of the University of Helsinki examines targeted viruses in cooperation with Docrates.

Engaruka

Started in 2006 the University of Helsinki project continued Siiriainen's work in a continuation project LESE (Long-term Ecology of the Savannah Environment) which concentrates on studying the connections between Engaruka and Sonjo area.

Eric van Damme

In between he was Visiting Professor at European Universities in Bielefeld, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Vienna, Lisbon; and in the USA at the Kellogg School of Management.

Finno-Ugric peoples

A study of Population Genetics of Finno-Ugric speaking humans in North Eurasia carried out between 2002–2008 in the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Helsinki showed most of the Finno-Ugric speaking populations possess amalgamation of West and East Eurasian gene pools, genetic drift, and recurrent founder effect.

Gustav Elfving

At the University of Helsinki from 1964 to 1975, Elfving acted as the "inspector" of the Åbo Nation, a Swedish-speaking "nation" at the University of Helsinki.

Helsingin normaalilyseo

Unlike most other schools in Helsinki, the school is not owned by the city of Helsinki, but is instead part of the University of Helsinki, which itself is owned directly by the state of Finland.

Jaakko Laakso

Laakso graduated from University of Helsinki in 1973 and has worked for the communist newspaper Tiedonantaja.

Östra Finlands Nation

at the new student house of the University of Helsinki student union.

Robert Henrik Rehbinder

He was also awarded with the second highest Russian honor and given an honorary doctorship in philosophy at the University of Helsinki in 1840, at the 200 year jubilee of the University (originally Royal Academy of Turku).

Tavastia Club

The house is owned by Hämäläis-Osakunta, one of the student nations at the University of Helsinki, but since 1991 the club has been operated by a private enterprise renting the house from the nation.