Outside the Parliament House, near the statue of Ståhlberg
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad served as the president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Before 1917, as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Svinhufvud played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence, and he presented the Declaration of Independence to the Parliament on 15 December [O.S. 4 December] 1917.
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politics · Finnish politician (1861–1944) · politician · judge · jurist · head of government · also Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, P. E. Svinhufvud, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, Pehr Svinhufvud, Svinhufvud
Born 15 December 1861 · Died 29 February 1944 · Q209439
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1961· 1 entry
1944· 2 entries
Died 1944-02-29.
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While Finland was seeking peace with the Soviet Union
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1936· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav (1936).
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Won: Egypt (1936).
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Awarded Order of Muhammad Ali (1936).
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1935· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1935).
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1934· 1 entry
That Finland abandon parliamentarism in favour of a government led by the President and that the President be given an absolute veto power over the laws passed by the Parliament, Svinhufvud opposed his ideas
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1932· 4 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1932).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1932).
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Won: Sweden (December 1932).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1932).
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1931· 8 entries
Awarded Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion (1931).
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Won: Latvia (December 1931).
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Won: Czechoslovakia (December 1931).
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Awarded 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle (1931).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars (1931).
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Awarded Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1931).
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After winning by the narrowest of margins, receiving 151 votes against Ståhlberg's 149
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Career landmark: President of Finland (1931–1937).
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1930· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Finland (1930–1931).
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Finland (1930–1931).
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1927· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1927).
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Won: Finland (1927).
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1925· 1 entry
Was the presidential candidate for the conservative Kokoomus party, but was not elected
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1918· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class (1918).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty (1918).
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Won: Finland (1918).
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Career landmark: Chancellor of Justice of Finland (1918–1918).
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1917· 2 entries
- then Sunday - the next day, the delegation managed to submit this letter to Lenin's secretary, and in the evening at 9 o'clock it went to Smolny, Saint Petersburg to hear the decision
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Finland (1917–1918).
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1908· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Finland (1908–1917).
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1907· 3 entries
Largely because the majority Social Democrats considered him "the best-known opponent of illegality"
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908).
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Career landmark: Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1913).
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1906· 1 entry
Attempted to keep out of the front line of politics
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1905· 1 entry
And he was elected as a Young Finnish Party member of the new Parliament in 1906
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1902· 2 entries
His long-term goal being the easy life of a rural judge
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Concerning violence employed by the Russian Governor of Uusimaa to break up a demonstration against military call-ups, the court initiated proceedings against Governor-General Bobrikov
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1892· 1 entry
Was appointed as a member of the Senate's law-drafting committee at the relatively young age of 31
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1889· 2 entries
In 1889, Svinhufvud married Alma (Ellen) Timgren (1869–1953).
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Svinhufvud married Alma (Ellen) Timgren (1869–1953)
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1881· 1 entry
And then completed a Master of Arts degree in 1882; his main subjects being Finnish, Russian and Scandinavian History
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1878· 1 entry
At the age of 16, he enrolled at the Imperial Alexander University of Helsinki
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1866· 2 entries
Rapola was sold when his grandfather shot himself in 1866, and Svinhufvud moved to Helsinki with his mother and his sister.
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And Svinhufvud moved to Helsinki with his mother and his sister
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1861· 1 entry
Born 1861-12-15.
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