Matti Kurikka
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Matti Kurikka (January 24, 1863 Maloye Karlino, Tsarskoselsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate, historical Ingria – October 4, 1915 Westerly, Rhode Island, United States) was a Finnish journalist, theosophist, and utopian socialist.
Kurikka was the editor of the Työmies newspaper from 1897 to 1899. In 1908 Kurikka purchased the newspaper. As editor of Wiipurin Sanomat, Kurikka was initially influenced by the Young Finns' political movement, later moving towards Christian socialism. Kurikka moved to North America in the year 1900 and founded the newspaper , the first Finnish-Canadian newspaper.
In 1901 Kurikka helped establish Sointula, a utopian island colony on Malcolm Island, British Columbia, based on cooperative principles. Sointula dissolved as a utopian colony in 1905 after financial difficulties and a devastating fire, but continued as a fishing and logging based community. Kurikka had attempted to found utopian communities in Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia, and in Canada prior to Sointula.
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- 1863 births
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- People from Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast
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- Finnish Christian socialists
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- Finnish Theosophists
- Finnish emigrants to the United States (1809–1917)
- Finnish emigrants to Canada
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