Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad served as the president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Before 1917, as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Svinhufvud played a major role in
Svinhufvud in 1920
The Finnish Senate of 1917, Svinhufvud in the head of table.
J. K. Paasikivi (left) and Svinhufvud discuss the Finnish monarchy project in 1918
Svinhufvud postage stamp from 1931.
Lauri Kristian Relander
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Lauri Kristian Relander was the president of Finland. A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as president.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
…presidential candidate for the conservative Kokoomus party, but was not elected. After the emergence of the anti-communist Lapua Movement, President Relander appointed him as Prime Minister of Finland on the Lapua Movement's insistence. Svinhufvud was elected president in 1931 after winning by the narrowest…
Relander and President of Latvia Jānis Čakste during Relander's 1926 official visit to Latvia. In the background, the Foreign Minister of Finland Eemil Nestor Setälä to the right.
Relander relaxing in Kultaranta, a summer residence of the Finnish presidents
Relander's 100th Birthday Celebratory postage Stamp from 1983