The
Royal Academy of Turku ( or
Åbo Kungliga Akademi, , ) was the first university in
Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of
Sweden. In 1809, after Finland became a
Grand Duchy under the
suzerainty of the
Russian Tzar, it was renamed the
Imperial Academy of Turku. In 1828, after the
Great Fire of Turku, the institution was moved to
Helsinki, in line with the relocation of the
Grand Duchy's capital. It was finally re-named the
University of Helsinki when Finland became a sovereign nation-state in 1917.