Akademiska Sångföreningen
| The Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki Akademiska Sångföreningen |
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| Origin |
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland,  Russian Empire(now Helsinki, Finland) |
| Founded | 1838 |
| Founder | Fredrik Pacius |
| Genre | Choral (male voice) |
| Members | Ca 50 active |
| Chief conductor | Kari Turunen |
| Choir admission | Semiannual auditions |
| Headquarters |
Helsinki,  Finland
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| Affiliation | University of Helsinki |
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| Website | akademen |
The Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki, in Swedish: Akademiska Sångföreningen, lit. 'The Academic Singing Association' (pronounced [akaˈdeːmɪska ˈsɔŋfœreːnɪŋɛn]), abbreviated AS, colloquially also referred to as Akademen (pronounced [akaˈdeːmɛn]), is a Finland-Swedish academic male voice choir in Helsinki, Finland. The choir was founded in 1838 by Fredrik Pacius and is the oldest extant choir in Finland. It is one of two male voice choirs affiliated with the University of Helsinki, the other being the oldest extant Finnish-language choir, the YL Male Voice Choir (Finnish: Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat). Furthermore, it is one of two Swedish-language choirs affiliated with the University of Helsinki, the other being the Academic Female Voice Choir Lyran (Swedish: Akademiska Damkören Lyran).
Akademiska Sångföreningen was founded no later than in the spring of 1838 by Fredrik Pacius, music lecturer at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland (now the University of Helsinki) and known as "the father of Finnish music," at first under the name Akademiska Sångsällskapet. The choir is thus the oldest extant in Finland. The name Akademiska Sångföreningen was introduced no later than 1846.
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