League of Estonian Corporations (Estonian: Eesti Korporatsioonide Liit, Estonian acronym: EKL) is an umbrella organisation for male academic corporations in Estonia.

History

The League of Estonian Corporations (EKL) was founded on March 28, 1915 by several all-male acdemic corporations in Tartu, Estonia. Its purpose was to strengthen the relationshp between the corporations and to support education about Estonian history, language, and literature. Its founding corporations were Fraternitas Estica, Korp! Rotalia Korporatsioon Sakala, Korporatsioon Ugala, and Korporatsioon Vironia. Other corporations joined, bringing its membership to 12 academic corporations. Ten of these are based in Estonia. Fraternitas Ucuensis joined EKL on December 1, 1961; it was previously associated with a Estonia university that closed in 1949 and is now based in New York in the United States. Similarly, Korporatsioon Väinla (Wäinla) is no longer based in Estonia. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Estonia. All academic corporations were disbanded and their property was confiscated, leading to EKL going inactve. It was reestablished in 1990 in Tartu. Korporatsioon Ugala suspended its membership on May 10, 2008 but returned in 2012. Goverance of EKL rotates between its member organizations, in charter date order.

Members

The following organizations have belonged to the League of Estonian Corporations at various times.