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Finnish journalist

Matti Kurikka (January 24, Maloye Karlino, Tsarskoselsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate, historical Ingria – October 4, Westerly, Rhode Island, United States) was a Finnish journalist, theosophist, and utopian socialist.

Kurikka was the editor of the newspaper Työmies from to In Kurikka purchased the newspaper Wiipurin Sanomat&#;[fi]. As editor of Wiipurin Sanomat, Kurikka was initially influenced by the Young Finns' political movement, later moving towards Christian socialism.

Kurikka moved to North America in and founded the newspaper Aika&#;[fi], the first Finnish-Canadian newspaper.^[1]

In Kurikka helped establish Sointula, a utopian island colony on Malcolm Island, British Columbia, based on cooperative principles.^[2][3][4] Sointula dissolved as a utopian colony in due to financial difficulties and a devastating fire,^[5] but continued as a fishing and logg