Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

Born

December 15, 1861

Died

February 29, 1944 (aged 82)

Known as

politician, judge, jurist, head of government

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 the movement for Finnish independence, and he presented the Declaration of Independence to the Parliament on 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917.

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