Kimmo Huosionmaa Here you see the picture, what is taken to the window of the home of the National poet of Finland Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1807-1877). You might see the small statue in the window, and this kind of art is the mark of belonging some kind of secret societies. Those societies mark their members with paintings or statues, and maybe also Mafia does that. Secret societies were very common in 19th. century academic community and they were places where people might talk about things that were too radical for the people who were in the control of the state. In 19th. century censorship was very usual in Europe, and almost every state kept political prisoners, and Finland what was the autonomic area of the Russian empire was not the exception to that rule. The reason why in this land was many societies like “Saturday club”, (Lauantaiseura) where many cultural people of influences belonging, was that the Finnish language is quite difficult, and there is also the sauna trad...