Tuulispää
A page from Tuulispää about the Finnish civil war
CategoriesSatirical magazine
Founded1903
Final issue1957
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

Tuulispää was a satirical magazine which existed between 1903 and 1957. It was the media outlet of conservative nationalism in Finland. However, the magazine described itself as a representative of genuine satire and humor without any party affiliation.[1]

History and profile

Tuulispää was started in 1903 as a successor of Matti Meikäläinen, another satirical magazine which was closed by Governor General Bobrikov in Summer 1899.[2] Although the magazine claimed that it had a political stance, it also declared that it had no political party affiliation.[1] Tuulispää was close to the Finnish-speaking Fennoman groups consisting of small landowners and independent farmers.[3] This group was one of the active factions involving in the discussions about the Finnishness, Finnish culture and Finnish identity.[3] The magazine adopted a conservative nationalist political stance criticising the Finnish labour movement and the Swedish-speaking elite in the country.[2] It also attempted to create a balance between the National Coalition Party and the National Progressive Party.[1] Some of the contributors included Topi Vikstedt, Oscar Furuhjelm and Eric Vasström.[2]

Tuulispää used the Old Helsinki slang during the initial period of its publication.[4] Its rival was Fyren, another satirical magazine which was printed in Swedish language.[2] However, the same writers contributed to both titles.[2]

In the 1920s and 1930s Tuulispää had a steady circulation selling 3,000-4,000 copies.[1] The magazine folded in 1957.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Anni Kangas (2007). The Knight, the Beast and the Treasure: A semeiotic inquiry into the Finnish political imaginary on Russia, 1918-1930s (PhD thesis). University of Tampere. pp. 62–64. hdl:10024/67797.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ainur Elmgren (2020). "Visual Stereotypes of Tatars in the Finnish Press from the 1890s to the 1910s". Studia Orientalia Electronica. 8 (2): 27. doi:10.23993/store.82942. hdl:10138/333286. S2CID 219422535.
  3. 1 2 Johanna Valenius (2004). Undressing the Maid. Gender, Sexuality and the Body in the Construction of the Finnish Nation. Helsinki: Hakapaino Oy. p. 18. ISBN 978-951-746-593-9.
  4. ↑ Vesa Jarva (2008). "Old Helsinki Slang and language mixing". Journal of Language Contact. 1 (2): 61. doi:10.1163/000000008792512547.
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