Carl Gustaf Mannerheim: Quick Facts


Facts

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
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G.M. Sprengtporten
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Per Brahe the Younger, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Per, Count Brahe, the Younger
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Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko
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President of Finland Alexander Stubb, wearing a dark suit and glasses, smiles and waves while arriving outdoors at the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris.
Alexander Stubb
president of Finland
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Sauli Niinistö
president of Finland
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
president of Finland
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Uno Cygnaeus
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Finland's first female president
Tarja Halonen
president of Finland
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, detail of an engraving by Émile Lassalle.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
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Konni Zilliacus
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Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen
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Otto V. Kuusinen
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Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
president of Finland
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Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
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Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
president of Finland
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Matthias Alexander Castrén
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Svinhufvud, detail from an oil painting by Antti Faven, 1923; in the Art Gallery of Ateneum, Helsinki
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
president of Finland
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Väinö Tanner
prime minister of Finland