Valvoja

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

Valvoja
EditorHelmi Krohn
CategoriesCultural magazine
Year founded1880
Final issue1924
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

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. 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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