Aurora Society

Aurora Society was a secret society and a national Finnish literary society at the Royal Academy of Turku from 1770 to 1779. The Society consisted of many prominent members of the Finnish cultural sphere and had as its focal points poetry, Finnish history, geography and the research of language and economy.[1]

Aurora Society, educational poster by Eero Järnefelt, 1916

The Society published Finland's first newspaper, Åbo Tidningar (Tidningar Utgifne Af et Sällskap i Åbo), between the years 1771 to 1778, and 1782 to 1785.

Furthermore, the first public orchestra concerts in Finland were also organized by the Aurora Society.

The society was a typical product of the Enlightenment period: a secret society on one hand and a cultural and educational organization on the other.

Members
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gollark: 1. random mistreated boy turns out to be magic, goes to boarding school, kills professor with fire (insane headmaster explains it as his mother's love)2. boy talks to snakes, kills an endangered species, kills professor again3. boy helps fugitive who escaped from wizard prison, breaks out dangerous animal, meddles with the laws of time itself4. boy is entered in ridiculously dangered banned tournament allegedly against his will, unwillingly resurrects professor5. boy participates in secret rebel group or whatever, I forgot6. ???, potions, ???, unethically manipulates professor via probability fiddling maybe7. boy becomes fugitive, re-kills professor, dies, un-dies, etc.
gollark: The summarizing or the reading it?
gollark: I'm pretty sure it cannot be evited.

References
  1. "Aurora-seura ja Suomen ensimmäinen sanomalehti". 375 Humanistia. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

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