Ylioppilaslehti (Finnish: lit. "Student newspaper") is a Finnish student magazine founded in 1913. It is the largest student paper or magazine in Finland with a circulation of 35,000 copies. In addition to affairs related to university studies, it covers areas such as culture and social issues.
History
Ylioppilaslehti was launched in 1913.[1] In the 1920s and 1930s, during which the student union of the university was in total control of the nationalistic Academic Karelia Society, the magazine often took a stance against the Swedish language and communism. In the post-war period the paper oriented towards supporting western democracy whilst becoming increasingly left-wing during the Cold War era. Pentti Saarikoski contributed to the magazine from 1959 to 1960.[2]
The magazine is published by a private company Ylioppilaslehden kustannus Oy that is owned by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki.
Notable editors
- Vilho Annala (1916–1919)
- Vilho Helanen (1924–1926)
- Urho Kekkonen (1927–1928)[1]
- Paavo Lipponen (1963–1965)
References
- ^ a b Jukka Kortti (2014). "Building the New Cultural Finland: the student magazine Ylioppilaslehti, the public sphere and the creation of the Finnish cultural elite in the post-war era". Scandinavian Journal of History. 36 (4). doi:10.1080/03468755.2011.609313.
- ^ Tomas Sjöblom. "From Christianity to Causeries and Communism". 375 Humanists. Retrieved 14 August 2022.