Anders Chydenius
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P.O. Box 567
FIN-67700 Kokkola
Tel. +358 (0)6 829 4111
E-mail: asiamies@chydenius.net
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OSCE media freedom representative received Chydenius medal
 The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, received the Chydenius medal in Helsinki, 2 December 2008, for his work to promote access to governmental information.
The medal for "merit in promotion of openness internationally" was handed to him by bishop Gustav Bjorkstrand, the Chairman of the Board of the Anders Chydenius Foundation, in cooperation with Antti Isotalus, the Mayor of the City of Kokkola....
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Chydenius medal was received by Linus Torvalds - the pioneer in open innovations
 The Chydenius medal for Openness Merits was established by the Anders Chydenius Foundation. It marks outstanding activities on the international level that promote the Nordic principle of openness.
The first ever Chydenius openness medal was received by the chief architect of the Linux kernel, a Finnish soft ware engineer and an open source icon Linus Torvalds. Now Mr....
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Finnish-Swedish "Freedom of Information Day" (2.12.) was launched
 Anders Chydenius Foundation in cooperation with the Foundation of Helsingin Sanomat (the main newspaper in Finland) launched a tradition of "freedom of information day" (2.12.) in Sweden and Finland by organising a Finnish-Swedish seminar in Helsinki on Friday 30 November....
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Publication on the World´s First Freedom of Information Act
 To mark the 240th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information, the Foundation published a book (in English) titled "The World´s First Freedom of Information Act - Anders Chydenius´ Legacy Today".
240 years ago the world´s first Freedom of Information Act took effect in Sweden-Finland. The Finnish enlightenment thinker and politician Anders Chydenius (1729-1803) played a crucial role in creating the new law in 1766....
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International Seminar on the 240th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information
 The foundation organised in cooperation with International European Movement an international seminar on democracy and transparency in the European Union, 1 December 2006, in the Parliament of Finland, Helsinki.
The president of the European Movement and a former president of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, discussed the transparency of the European project....
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Jacob Söderman on Transparency in Mexico
 IIAS conference in Monterrey, Mexico, 16-20 July 2006
Three selected paragraphs of the introductory Report by Mr Jacob Söderman, the first European Ombudsman (1995-2003), Doctor of Political Science and Law
The basic philosophy
The Finnish politician and priest Anders Chydenius was one of the most important politicians of the eighteenth century in the Kingdom of Sweden-Finland....
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Freedom of Information is an element of democratic Europe
 Nation"s freedom is always in relation to its freedom of press, of expression and of information. This statement of the Finnish enlightment thinker Anders Chydenius (1766) is still valid. In integrating Europe facing its global challenges, open society and transparent political system is a current challenge....
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Chydenius saw limits of "the state" in the 18th century
 The international discussion on Anders Chydenius continues. Stephen Lamble, an Australian researcher into freedom of expression and the press, refers to Chydenius as the father of modern freedom of information. The full article of Jukka Luoma follows....
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