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Woldemar Hägglund

1893 - 1963

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Johan Woldemar Hägglund (August 10, 1893 – February 12, 1963) was a Finnish lieutenant general during the Second World War, and an early volunteer of the Jäger Movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Winter War and the Continuation War, commanding army corps in the latter two. In 1944 and 1945, he was in charge of a committee investigating Finnish war crimes, especially those committed against prisoners of war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Woldemar Hägglund is the 1,533rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,678th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Finland (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Woldemar Hägglund ranks 1,533 out of 2,058. Before him are Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Justin, Ingvar, Nicanor, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki. After him are Hal Moore, Adolphe Niel, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Alfred Saalwächter, and Alberto Bayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Woldemar Hägglund ranks 179. Before him are Bugs Moran, Segismundo Casado, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Eugen Schüfftan, Enrique Peñaranda, and Eduard Čech. After him are Amílcar Barbuy, Fatima Jinnah, Walter Noddack, Gyula Breyer, Arthur Benjamin, and Roland Jacobi. Among people deceased in 1963, Woldemar Hägglund ranks 119. Before him are Erik Lundqvist, József Nagy, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Jens Hundseid, Lisa Tetzner, and Barnum Brown. After him are Benny Moré, Margaret Murray, Vsevolod Ivanov, Louis Bastien, Erich Ollenhauer, and Lee Wallard.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Woldemar Hägglund ranks 191 out of 751. Before him are Sigrid Fick (1887), Esko Aho (1954), Toivo Loukola (1902), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Julius Skutnabb (1889), and Jari Kurri (1960). After him are Olli Rehn (1962), V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Paavo Haavikko (1931), and Tapio Rautavaara (1915).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Finland

Among military personnels born in Finland, Woldemar Hägglund ranks 8. Before him are Ernst Linder (1868), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Erik Heinrichs (1890), Hugo Österman (1892), Paavo Talvela (1897), and Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759). After him are Ali Aaltonen (1884), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Ruben Lagus (1896), and Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905).

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