ammattikunta
Ammattikunta is a Finnish term describing a guild-like organization of people practicing the same trade. The word combines ammatti (profession) and kunta (community or group) and historically referred to an occupational group with its own rules and privileges.
In medieval and early modern Finnish towns, ammattikunnat acted as self-governing bodies within urban life. They
With industrialization and liberal reforms in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the traditional guild system
In contemporary Finnish usage, ammattikunta can still denote the collective body of professionals in a field,