Historical Ties
Estonian Students Society has partnership agreements with four foreign student organisations. In 1928, the Estonian Students Society concluded an agreement with the Finnish “Nations” (Nationes) Etelä-Pohjalainen Osakunta and Pohjois-Pohjalainen Osakunta of the University of Helsinki. This was the first agreement, concluded between an Estonian and Finnish student organisations.
In 1937, an agreement with the student society Austrums of the University of Riga, Latvia, followed. In 1991, a further agreement was concluded with the Finnish-Swedish "Nation" Vasa Nation of the University of Helsinki. Estonian Students Society and its Finnish partner organisations exchange visiting students.
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