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	Turku
		Turku (IPA2Ëturku, Swedish : Audiosv-Ãbo.ogg'''Ãbo'''), founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 174,825 (as of 2004).
		Turku has a cultural identity as Finland's historical centre, as it was the largest city in the country and served as its capital from its foundation in the 13th century to 1812.
		Turku is the central economic hub of southwestern Finland, and the capital of the Turku economic district.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Turku (3509 words)

	Turku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Middle Ages, Turku was the seat of the Bishop of Turku (a title later upgraded to 'Archbishop of Turku'), and the only city in Finland to trade with the Hanseatic League.
		Turku is the central economic hub of southwestern Finland, and the capital of the Turku economic district.
		The Turku Music Festival and the rock festival Ruisrock (held on the island of Ruissalo) are among the oldest of its kind in Scandinavia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turku (3047 words)

	Turku
		Turku, or Åbo in Swedish, is a city in Finland, founded in 1229.
		Turku Castle was founded in the 13th century, built on an island to guard the entrance to the river.
		Turku held was the site of the Academy of Åbo from 1640 until 1850 when, after a disastrous fire, it was moved tothe new capital, Helsinki.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Turku.html (233 words)

	Turku
		Turku, Åbo in Swedish, Aboa in Latin, is a city in Finland, founded in the 13th century.
		Turku is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river and due to its history and location, over 5% of its inhabitants are Swedish speakers.
		Turku was the site of the Academy of Åbo from 1640 until 1850 when, after a disastrous fire, it was moved to the new capital, Helsinki.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/tu/turku.html (382 words)

	Coadjutor bishop - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Archbishop Jerome Hanus of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa.
		The office of the Bishop of Turku is a recent creation and it is to be seen whether it gives the possibility to succeed the Archbishop of Finland.
		However, the Archbishop of Turku is elected by a complicated procedure in which both layman and clergy of the whole country and of the archdiocese participate in varying decrees.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Coadjutor_bishop (674 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Turku is the fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of about 175 000, and is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river.
		The Turku region is usually considered to include, in addition to the city itself, at least the neighbouring cities of Naantali, Raisio and Kaarina and the town of Lieto.
		Turku Airport is located eight kilometres to the north of the city centre, partly in the neighbouring municipality of Rusko, and has frequent connections to Helsinki (Vantaa), Stockholm (Arlanda) and Copenhagen (Kastrup) airports.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=turku (1672 words)

	Archbishop of Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Archbishop of Turku, or the Archbishop of Åbo is the head of the Church of Finland.
		Åbo, or Turku, became the principal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric.
		In 1817 the Bishop was created Archbishop and became head of the Church in Finland.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/archbishop_of_turku (229 words)

	Turku
		During the Middle Ages, Turku was the seat of the Bishop of Turku (a title later upgraded to 'Archbishop of Turku'), and the only city in Finland to trade with the Hanseatic League.
		Turku has been viewed during the 20th century as 'Finland's gateway to the West' as a result of its good connections with other Western European countries and cities.
		Turku has a long educational history - the first school in the city, the Cathedral School, was founded along with the Cathedral of Turku in the late 13th century.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/tu/Turku.htm (2947 words)

	turku
		Turku, or Åbo in Swedish, is a city in Finland, founded in 1229.
		Turku Castle was founded in the 13th century, built on an island to guard the entrance to the river.
		Turku held was the site of the Academy of Åbo from 1640 until 1850 when, after a disastrous fire, it was moved tothe new capital, Helsinki.
	www.fact-library.com /turku.html (272 words)

	Turku, Finland
		The southern Finnish town of Turku (Swedish Åbo), the country's oldest town and once its capital, lies on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Aurajoki, sheltered by a number of larger islands and a swarm of skerries.
		Turku is the chief town of the province of Turku-Pori, with the Provincial Court of Appeal (established here in 1623), and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland.
		Turku is also an important industrial town (shipbuilding, engineering, foodstuffs, textiles, etc.); most of the industrial plants are on the outskirts of the town.
	www.planetware.com /finland/turku-sf-trn-turk.htm (376 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Archdiocese of Turku
		The Archdiocese of Turku, or the Archdiocese of Åbo is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku.
		Jukka Paarma is the incumbent Archbishop of Turku, or the Archbishop of Åbo.
		Turku, or Åbo, became the principal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Turku (334 words)

	Wikipedia
		The Cathedral of Turku was consecrated in 1300, and together with Turku Castle and the Dominican monastery (founded in 1249), the city became the most important location in medieval Finland.
		During the Middle Ages, Turku was the seat of the Bishop of Turku (a title later upgraded to 'Archbishop of Turku'), covering all of Finland until the 17th century, and the only city in Finland to trade with the Hanseatic League.
		Turku was also the meeting place of the States of Finland in 1676.
	www.sunnypopulation.net /w/index.php?title=Turku (3550 words)

	Turku
		During the Middle Ages, Turku was the seat of the Bishop of Turku (a title later upgraded to 'Archbishop of Turku'), covering all of Finland until the 17th century, and the only city in Finland to trade with the Hanseatic League.
		Turku is a candidate city for European Capital of Culture in 2011, and the city council has approved numerous projects to boost the city's image in preparation for that status.
		Turku has also been the sight of sporting history as on June 21, 1954 it was in Turku where the Australian John Landy became the second person to run the mile under four minutes.
	www.ekenjy.co.za /wiki/Turku (3450 words)

	Turku (volume I)
		The city of Turku is an administrative centre of a province the Western Finland, is located in a southwest of the country in a mouth of Aurajoki River.
		Turku is the basic port connecting Finland with Sweden and Aland islands.
		Now Turku is the large industrial and cultural centre, the fifth on a population city of the country and the largest winter port.
	www.travelblog.org /Print/Blog/28291/114987.html (1166 words)

	Turku Travel Tips - Turku Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		Turku is Finland's oldest town (official foundation was 1229) and it used to be the capital for 500 years.
		Now Turku is the large industrial and cultural center, the fifth on a population city of the country and the largest winter port.
		The new Russian masters had always disliked Turku’s geographical proximity to Stockholm, and the fire was an excellent pretext for moving the capital to Helsinki along with key institutions such as the university.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Finland/Laensi_Suomi/Turku-228521/General_Tips-Turku-BR-1.html (977 words)

	Turku, Finland
		Turku is the fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of about 175,000, and is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river.
		Turku Airport is located eight kilometres to the north of the city centre, partly in the neighbouring municipality of Rusko, and has frequent connections to Helsinki (Vantaa), Stockholm (Arlanda) and Copenhagen (Kastrup) airports.
		Turku is also an important centre for tourism, with its good transport connections and proximity to the Archipelago Sea, and frequently hosts different conventions and exhibitions.
	www.creekin.net /c3554-n66-turku-finland.html (1696 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bishop of Turku
		The bishop of Turku (episcopus Aboensis) was the medieval catholic religious leader of Finland.
		Turku, or Aboa, Åbo, became the principal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric.
		With the creation of the Finnish state at the Diet of Porvoo in 1809, the Bishop of Turku was elevated to the position of the archibiscop of the Finnish state church, as the Archbishop of Turku
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bishop_of_Turku (205 words)

	Archbishop of Turku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Archbishop of Turku, or the Archbishop of Åbo is the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		As a result of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the Catholic Church had to give way for the Church of Sweden which was established by Gustav I of Sweden, whose principal reformer in Finland was Mikael Agricola and from 1554 also the Bishop.
		Upon independence in 1917 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became a state church of Finland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archbishop_of_Turku (201 words)

	FIFA.com
		Nestled on the banks of the river Aura, the city was founded around 1300 and is packed with fascinating ancient monuments: the oldest courtroom in the country, for example, and the cathedral that is home to the Archbishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran church of Finland.
		Turku has retained many of its traditions, including that of being the last city in the Nordic region to declare a message of peace on Christmas Day.
		Capital of the south-west region, Turku is also a bustling maritime port and a gateway between the East and West of the country.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/U17.html?static=1001&comp=U17&year=2003&venueid=5006561 (402 words)

	Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
		The preacher was the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend David Hope, and clergy from several countries administered the Holy Communion.
		Church leaders of both confessions met in Turku, Finland, March 12-17, the first meeting of the Porvoo Communion since the solemn ratification of the Porvoo Declaration in the autumn of 1996.
		The participants from the Churches and ecumenical observers were welcomed by Archbishop of Turku and Finland, John Vikstrom.
	www.ottawa.anglican.ca /porvoo.shtml (866 words)

	archbishop
		In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop, responsible for all churches belonging to a religious group of a particular district.
		An archbishop is usually also the Metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province, but there are exceptions to this rule.
		When a plain bishop becomes an archbishop, he is not in any sense being ordained nor otherwise receiving any sacrament; by contrast (in the Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox churches) a man becoming a bishop is being ordained.
	www.fact-library.com /archbishop.html (140 words)

	Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Turku region, with a population of 290 000, is the third largest urban region in Finland, after Aura, Vahto, Rusko and Masku are included in this definition, as they are certainly inside the city's sphere of influence.
		The dedicated in Dominican monastery founded in 1229, it made Turku the most important centre of mediaeval Finland.
		During the Middle Ages, Turku was the only city in Finland to take part in trade with the Bishop of Turku (later Archbishop of Turku).
	www.med-help.info /?p=Turku (819 words)

	Former LWF President, Archbishop emer. Dr Mikko Juva dies at the age of 85 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He studied history and theology at the universities of Turku and Helsinki (1936-1944), and later (1946-1947) at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg in the United States of America.
		From 1957 to 1962 he was professor of Finnish history in Turku, and from 1962 to 1978 professor of Finnish and Scandinavian church history in Helsinki.
		In 1978 Juva was elected archbishop of Turku and primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
	www.districtnet.org.uk /orbital/news/lwi/2004/january/01.htm (628 words)

	Report of the Committee
		Bishop Lehtonen and I, after the close of the conference, went to see the Archbishop, who is in a poor state of health, and was living in a country house of his situated, as all such houses are in Finland, on a lake.
		The one (which I think is well known) that in the year 1884 all the Bishops in the Church died at the same time and the succession was broken; nor would it have been possible to obtain the assistance of Bishops from outside to continue the succession.
		His consecrators were the Bishop of Wiipuri, acting for the Archbishop of Abo; the Bishop of Borga; and the Archbishop of Upsala.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/lutherania/finland1934.html (1395 words)

	Turku information - Search.com
		Nowadays, Turku is considered Finland's 'second city' by some, while others assign the title to Tampere.
		One of the exampels of high information technology in Turku area is OpenSpark a Finlands largest WiFi commmunity which Turku is also using.
		Turku is also home to several other establishments of higher education, namely Åbo Akademi, Finland's only Swedish-language university, Turun kauppakorkeakoulu (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration), and Turun ammattikorkeakoulu (Turku University of Applied Sciences), the largest polytechnic in Finland.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Turku (3609 words)

	LWF News - Former LWF President, Archbishop emer. Dr Mikko Juva dies at the age of 85
		He studied history and theology at the universities of Turku and Helsinki (1936-1944), and later (1946-1947) at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg in the United States of America.
		From 1957 to 1962 he was professor of Finnish history in Turku, and from 1962 to 1978 professor of Finnish and Scandinavian church history in Helsinki.
		In 1978 Juva was elected archbishop of Turku and primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
	www.lutheranworld.org /News/LWI/EN/1376.EN.html (538 words)

	Archbishop of Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Åbo, or Turku, became theprincipal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric.
		As a result of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century theCatholic Church had to give way for the Church of Sweden which wasestablished by Gustav I of Sweden, who's principal reformer inFinland was Mikael Agricola and from 1554 also the Bishop.
		In 1817 the Bishop wascreated Archbishop and became head of the Church in Finland.
	www.therfcc.org /archbishop-of-turku-249419.html (166 words)

	Report of the Committee
		Bishop Lehtonen and I, after the close of the conference, went to see the Archbishop, who is in a poor state of health, and was living in a country house of his situated, as all such houses are in Finland, on a lake.
		The one (which I think is well known) that in the year 1884 all the Bishops in the Church died at the same time and the succession was broken; nor would it have been possible to obtain the assistance of Bishops from outside to continue the succession.
		His consecrators were the Bishop of Wiipuri, acting for the Archbishop of Abo; the Bishop of Borga; and the Archbishop of Upsala.
	anglicanhistory.org /lutherania/finland1934.html (1395 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With a subscription rate of 85 percent (2003) it is the largest denomination in Finland, though it has lost some membership as society has secularized.
		The head of the church is the Archbishop of Turku, currently Jukka Paarma.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a successor to the Church of Sweden of which it was a part until 1809, when the Grand Duchy of Finland became a part of the Russian Empire.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland (324 words)

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