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Väinö Tanner
Väinö Alfred Tanner was a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and a pioneer and leader of the cooperative movement in Finland. He was Prime Minister of Finland in 1926–1927.
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culture · Prime minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927 · politician · diplomat · journalist · lawyer · jurist · head of government · foreign minister · finance minister · also Väinö Tanner, Väinö Thomasson, Väinö Alfred Tanner, Väinö Alfred Thomasson, Tanner
Born 12 March 1881 · Died 19 April 1966 · Q116190
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2026· 14 entries
“Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.”
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“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet — it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.”
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“Who reaches for the spruce, falls down onto the juniper.”
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“I have four degrees, my brother is a judge. We're not the smartest ones in our family. It's a third grade dropout daddy, a third grade dropout daddy who was quoting Michelangelo, saying to us, 'Boys, I won't have a problem if you aim high and miss but I'm gonna have a real issue if you aim low and hit'.”
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“When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.”
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“The pot reproaching the kettle, the side of both is black.”
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“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.”
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“If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling. Corrupt successes, disgraceful failures, or sheeplike vegetation are all it has to offer. I prefer Art, which gives me a sixth sense of beauty, with self-respect: perhaps also an immortal reputation in return for honest endeavour in a labour of love.”
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“Many cakes are beautiful on the outside, but are nothing but husks/pettu on the inside.”
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“Always exist branch grabbers, when exist tree fellers.”
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“Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.”
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“FASHION -n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.”
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“A good one gives from the little he has, a bad one not even from his plentiful.”
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2007· 1 entry
“Spread your risks or investments so that if one enterprise fails you will not lose everything.”
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1997· 1 entry
“An attractive appearance may be deceptive. It may cover or hide a much less favourable content.”
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1966· 2 entries
Died 1966-04-19.
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Kekkonen did not attend his funeral because he was on a ski trip
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1960· 1 entry
And resigned from his parliamentary seat in 1962 and the SDP's chairmanship in 1963, hence becoming the last member of the Eduskunta (Finnish parliament) elected in Finland's first parliamentary election in 1907 to be in
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1942· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1942–1944).
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1937· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1937–1939).
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1927· 1 entry
“Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.”
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1926· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Finland (1926–1927).
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1909· 1 entry
And formalised their marriage in 1918 after civil marriage was legalised in Finland
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1907· 3 entries
And also became chairman of Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta (SOK) in 1909 and CEO of Elanto in 1915
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At a meeting of the Social Democratic Association of Students
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Finland (1907).
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1903· 1 entry
After returning to Finland, became manager of Turun Vähäväkisten Osuusliike, then the largest cooperative retail society in Finland
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1900· 1 entry
Studied at the business college Suomen Liikemiesten Kauppaopisto (one of two predecessors of the present-day Business College Helsinki)
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-03-12.
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