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Born June 4, 1867 • Finland
Died January 27, 1951 (aged 83) • Lausanne • Switzerland
Title / Office president (1944-1946), Finland
Role In Russo-Finnish War

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Juho Kusti Paasikivi
president of Finland
G.M. Sprengtporten
soldier and politician
Per Brahe the Younger, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Per, Count Brahe, the Younger
Swedish statesman
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet general
Sauli Niinistö
president of Finland
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
president of Finland
Uno Cygnaeus
Finnish educator
Finland's first female president
Tarja Halonen
president of Finland
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, detail of an engraving by Émile Lassalle.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Finnish-Swedish poet
Konni Zilliacus
Finnish patriot
Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen
Finnish politician
Otto V. Kuusinen
Finnish politician
Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
president of Finland
Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
Finnish political leader
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
president of Finland
Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish nationalist and linguist
Svinhufvud, detail from an oil painting by Antti Faven, 1923; in the Art Gallery of Ateneum, Helsinki
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
president of Finland
Väinö Tanner
prime minister of Finland
Palmgren
Selim Palmgren
Finnish composer