nearly all of the people implicated in the Anjala conspiracy, including its leadership, were members of it. Activities Though only few fragments of encrypted correspondence remain, and the archives were burned to protect the members later implicated in what the crown considered to be nefarious plots, such as the Anjala conspiracy, it is thought that the meetings of the Walhalla-orden may have been the first discussions in which Finnish independence was proposed as a serious idea. Indeed, in the society, people floated the idea of Finland becoming a protectorate of Russia. See also Secret society References 1783 in Finland Suomenlinna Secret societies in Finland Sweden during the Gustavian era Finland under Swedish rule