Nations in Finnish universities

The first Finnish student nations were originally established at The Royal Academy of Turku.

When the Academy moved to Helsinki after the Great Fire of Turku taking the name Imperial Alexander University in Finland, the nations moved along with it.

Their institutional form is based on the original nation system of Uppsala University.

Today there are 15 nations, each one representing a historic region or province of Finland.

[1] Therefore, organizations termed "nations" at other Finnish universities founded in the 20th century are not nations in the legal sense of the word, but instead associations, regulated by the Associations Act.