FINNISH FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Suomen Akateemisten Naisten Liitto-
Finlands Kvinnliga Akademikers Förbund ry.
The Finnish Federation of University Women was founded in 1922 and joined IFUW in the same year. Finland hosted IFUW's 13th conference in 1959 and the 23rd conference in 1989. The Finnish Federation is one of the ten largest national federations with more than 1300 individual members.
The Finnish Federation of University Women is bilingual as Finland, due to historical reasons, has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. The National Federation has 23 local associations all over Finland, out of which four are Swedish speaking.
You can visit our website at www.akateemisetnaiset.fi or contact us directly through one of the following:
FFUW office
Address: Fredrikinkatu 41 A 8, FIN-00120 Helsinki, FINLAND
Fax: (+358) 9 608 442
E-mail: sanl.fkaf@akateemisetnaiset.fiSecretary
Eeva Könkkölä
Tel: (+358) 9 608 432 (on call only 2 hours per week on Thursdays from 5 pm to 7 pm)
E-mail: sanl.fkaf@akateemisetnaiset.fiCIR
Marja Liisa Toivanen
Tel: (+358) 50 593 5334
E-mail: marjatoivanen@hotmail.comPresident
Ritva Tammivaara
Tel: (+358) 50 569 6149
E-mail:ritva.tammivaara@fimnet.fi ritvat5@gmail.com