Säätyjärjestelgemme
Säätyjärjestelmä was a historical social structure that characterized Finnish society for centuries, primarily during Swedish and later Russian rule. It was a hierarchical system that divided the population into distinct estates, each with its own rights, privileges, and obligations. The main estates were the clergy, the nobility, the burghers (or townspeople), and the peasants.
The clergy, representing the Church, held significant spiritual and sometimes temporal power. The nobility enjoyed land
This system was not static and evolved over time. While it provided a framework for social order