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The Academic Female Voice Choir Lyran, in Akademiska Damkören Lyran, also referred to as simply Lyran , is a Finland-Swedish academic female voice choir in Helsinki, Finland. It is the only female voice choir affiliated with the University of Helsinki.

History
The choir was established in 1946 by a group of female students in Helsinki, led by Eja Tollet Sevelius, who became the first artistic director of the choir. The choir was known as Gillekören Lyran until 1948.

Present artistic director Jutta Seppinen, MMus, began her tenure in the autumn term of 2009.

Ever since 1954, the choir has collaborated extensively with the Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki (Akademiska Sångföreningen), the sole other Swedish-language University of Helsinki choir. The two choirs give several annually recurring concerts together.