Archive
The almanac archive contains copies of various old almanacs and studies on almanacs.
- Archive
- Supplementary archival material
- Swedish Almanacs from 1198 to 1805
- Name Lists of Old Calendars
- Names of Finland’s Swedish-Language Almanacs 1623–1809 in Chronological Order
- Names of Finland’s Swedish-Language Almanacs 1623–1809 in Alphabetical Order
- Names of Calendars in Liturgical and Hymn Books 1200–1888 in Chronological Order
- Names of Calendars in Liturgical and Hymn Books 1200–1888 in Alphabetical Order
- Runic Staves
Welcome to the almanac archive of the University of Helsinki Almanac Office!
The archive contains scanned calendar sections from past editions of the University Almanac. The archive also includes images of the oldest almanac ever published in Finland, dating back to 1608. For each edition, the archive provides the cover, the first spread (including information on flag days and eclipses), and twelve monthly spreads.
The scanning resolution is 150 dpi for almanacs from 1976–1995, and 225 dpi for editions from 1975 and earlier, when the almanac was physically smaller.
Printing the almanacs for personal use is permitted.
Copyright for the most recent almanacs is held by the University of Helsinki and the almanac’s publisher. If you wish to publish almanac pages in print or online, please contact the University of Helsinki Almanac Office. For publication purposes, we can also provide pages scanned at a higher resolution (price: €35 + VAT per scanned page).
Almanacs for the Helsinki horizon from 1810–2017 have been digitized by the National Library of Finland and can be accessed through the digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service. The oldest almanacs are freely available, while more recent editions, which are still under copyright, can be read only on-site at the National Library or other legal deposit libraries. To find the almanacs, first select Journals on the homepage, then type Almanakka or Almanach in the title filter field to see a list of both Finnish- and Swedish-language almanac series. You can then select the desired series, after which the search will display a list of available titles (only from materials no longer under copyright).
You can also explore the history and development of the almanac: read in Finnish the 16-page supplement Suomalainen almanakka läpi vuosisatojen, published in the University Almanac in 2005.
Read about it on our blog
