All Finnish and Nordic History and General History Majors are automatically members. Kronos was founded in 1945, which makes it one of the oldest faculty organizations at the university. Currently there are about 500 more or less active Kronos members.
Membership is free of charge.
Kronos organizes tutoring for new students, as well. Kronos arranges trips and excursions both in Finland and abroad, manages several sport teams, publishes the highly ambitious, prize-winning quarterly Kronikka. On the more idealistic front, Kronos promotes scholarly discussion in all its forms, fights for student rights at the University of Helsinki, and always strives for the best of the history students and all mankind. Wapaa N ytt m which has added its distinctive postmodern touch to everything from Shakespeare to Gone With the Wind. In the very heart of Helsinki.