Saima (newspaper)

Saima was founded by Johan Vilhelm Snellman, a Swedish-origin Finnish politician, in 1844.[1] He was also the editor-in-chief of the paper which targeted educated people and was one of the earliest examples of the active and critical publications.[3][4] Snellman published articles in the paper which appeared on a weekly basis[5] and expressed his views on nationality, language and literature.[6] He argued in an article in the second issue of Saima dated January 1844 that Finland did not have a national literature.[6] The paper ceased publication in 1846 when it was banned by the authorities due to its liberal political and cultural stance which were considered to be a threat to the rule of Grand Duke of Finland, Nicholas I.[4]