Turku - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TurkuTurku is the oldest city in Finland, [1] and served as the most important city of the eastern part of the Kingdom of Sweden (modern-day Finland). After the Finnish war, Finland became an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire in 1809, and Turku was made the capital of the grand duchy.
Turku | Finland | Britannica
www.britannica.com › place › TurkuTurku, Swedish Åbo, city, southwestern Finland, at the mouth of the Aura River, west-northwest of Helsinki. Finland’s oldest city, it was originally a trading centre a few miles north of its present site, to which it was transferred at the beginning of the 13th century. It received its first known charter in 1525. The Court of Appeals was set up there in 1623, as was a university in 1640 ...