Valvoja

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Valvoja
EditorHelmi Krohn
CategoriesCultural magazine
Year founded1880
Final issue1924
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Valvoja (meaning the Watcher in English) was a Finnish language literary and cultural magazine that existed between 1880 and 1924.

History and profile[]

Valvoja was launched in 1880 by a group of individuals who would become prominent academics and politicians.[1][2] Helmi Krohn was the major editor of the magazine.[3] One of the significant contributors was Juhani Aho, who was one of the early professional Finnish language authors.[2] Another one was a member of Young Finns, Yrjo Koskelainen.[4] Valvoja folded in 1924.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ G.C. Schoolfield (1998). A History of Finland's Literature. University of Nebraska Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8032-4189-3.
  2. ^ a b c Jukka Kortti (2018). "Religion and the cultural public sphere: the case of the Finnish liberal intelligentsia during the turmoil of the early twentieth century". History of European Ideas. 44 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1080/01916599.2017.1402800. hdl:10138/230911.
  3. ^ Maarit Leskelä‐Kärki (2007). "Constructing Sisterly Relations in Epistolary Practices: The Writing Krohn Sisters (1890–1950)". Nordic Journal of Women's Studies. 15 (1): 24. doi:10.1080/08038740701248775.
  4. ^ Hannu Salmi; Petri Paju; Heli Rantala; Asko Nivala; Aleksi Vesanto (2021). "The reuse of texts in Finnish newspapers and journals, 1771–1920: A digital humanities perspective". Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 54 (1): 23. doi:10.1080/01615440.2020.1803166.
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