Eemil Nestor Setälä was a Finnish politician and once the Chairman of the Senate of Finland, from September 1917 to November 1917, when he was author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.
Setälä, c. 1930
Back row from left Ilmari Krohn [fi], Kaarle, Helmi with E.N. Setälä; in front Aune, Helena née Cleve and Aino
Finnish Declaration of Independence
The Finnish Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917. It declared Finland a fully independent nation, ending its status as Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous state ruled by the Russia, with reference to a bill simultaneously delivered to the Parliament to make Finland a fully independent republic instead.
The Finnish Senate of 1917, Prime Minister P. E. Svinhufvud in the head of table. Photo taken on 27 November 1917; a portrait of Alexander I of Russia still hangs on the wall.
Signatures of the Finnish Senate
Image: Itsenaisyysjulistus 1
Image: Itsenaisyysjulistus 2