Tuulispää

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Tuulispää
Finnish Civil War as The Defense of the Sampo.jpg
A page from Tuulispää about the Finnish civil war
CategoriesSatirical magazine
Year founded1903
Final issue1957
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

Tuulispää was a Finnish language satirical magazine which existed between 1903 and 1957. It was the media outlet of conservative nationalism in Finland. However, the magazine described itself as a representative of genuine satire and humor without any party affiliation.[1]

History and profile[]

Tuulispää was started in 1903 as a successor of , another satirical magazine which was closed by Governor General Bobrikov in 1899.[2] Although the magazine claimed that it had a political stance, it also declared that it had no political party affiliation.[1] In fact, the magazine adopted a conservative nationalist political stance and criticised the Finnish labour movement and the Swedish-speaking elite in the country.[2] It also attempted to balance between the National Coalition Party and the National Progressive Party.[1] Some of the contributors included Topi Vikstedt, Oscar Furuhjelm and Eric Vasström.[2]

Tuulispää used the Old Helsinki Slang during the initial period of its publication.[3] In the 1920s and 1930s the magazine had a steady circulation in that it sold 3,000-4,000 copies during this period.[1] The magazine folded in 1957.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Anni Kangas (2007). The Knight, the Beast and the Treasure: a semeiotic inquiry into the Finnish political imaginary on Russia, 1918-1930s (PhD thesis). University of Tampere. pp. 62–64.
  2. ^ a b c d Ainur Elmgren (2020). "Visual Stereotypes of Tatars in the Finnish Press from the 1890s to the 1910s". Studia Orientalia Electronica. 8 (2): 27. doi:10.23993/store.82942. hdl:10138/333286. ISSN 2323-5209.
  3. ^ Vesa Jarva (2008). "Old Helsinki Slang and language mixing". Journal of Language Contact. 1 (2): 61. doi:10.1163/000000008792512547. ISSN 1877-4091.
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