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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

1861 - 1944

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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (Finland Swedish: [ˈpæːr ˈeːʋin(d) ˈsviːnhʉːʋʉd ɑːv kʋɑːlstɑːd], 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous state under the Russian Empire’s rule, Svinhufvud played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence. He was the one who presented the Declaration of Independence to the Parliament. From December 1917, Svinhufvud was the first head of government of independent Finland as Chairman of the Senate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is the 2,318th most popular politician (down from 2,201st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Finland (up from 20th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Politician.

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud was the president of Finland from 1919 to 1925. He is most famous for his role in the Civil War of 1918, which started when the Finnish Parliament declared independence from Russia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 2,318 out of 19,576. Before him are Hun Sen, Henry II of Castile, Birger Jarl, Abbas II of Egypt, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Charles-Henri Sanson. After him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Valdas Adamkus, 1st Dalai Lama, Nikola Pašić, Nelson Rockefeller, and Alfonso II of Aragon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 18. Before him are Erich von Falkenhayn, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, Aristide Maillol, Robert Bosch, and José Rizal. After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, H. H. Holmes, James Naismith, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, and Antoine Bourdelle. Among people deceased in 1944, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 42. Before him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, Wang Jingwei, Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, and Abbas II of Egypt. After him are Louis Renault, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Gustav Bauer, Glenn Miller, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Mohammed Alim Khan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 19 out of 751. Before him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Mika Waltari (1908), Ragnar Granit (1900), Johan Gadolin (1760), and Risto Ryti (1889). After him are Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), and Arto Paasilinna (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 7. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Risto Ryti (1889). After him are Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), and Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892).

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