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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

1861 - 1944

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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (Finland Swedish: [ˈpæːr ˈeːvind ˈsviːnhʉːvʉd]; Finnish: [ˈpeːr ˈeʋind ˈsʋinhu̥fvud]; 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous state under the Russian Empire’s rule, Svinhufvud played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pehr Evind Svinhufvud has received more than 256,202 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is the 2,201st most popular politician (up from 2,553rd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Finland (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Politician.

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud was the president of Finland from 1919 to 1925. He is most famous for his role in the Civil War of 1918, which started when the Finnish Parliament declared independence from Russia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 2,201 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Paul-Henri Spaak, Æthelflæd, Abaoji, and Zog I of Albania. After him are Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, Aeschines, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Seleucus II Callinicus, Amenemhat IV, and Adolfo Suárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 19. Before him are Halford Mackinder, James Naismith, Robert Bosch, José Rizal, Aristide Maillol, and Frederick Gowland Hopkins. After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, H. H. Holmes, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, Italo Svevo, and Maximilian von Spee. Among people deceased in 1944, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 34. Before him are Henning von Tresckow, Wang Jingwei, Friedrich Olbricht, Arthur Eddington, Aristide Maillol, and Glenn Miller. After him are Nikolai Vatutin, Erwin von Witzleben, Gustav Bauer, Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, and Giovanni Gentile.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 20 out of 751. Before him are Lars Ahlfors (1907), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Elias Lönnrot (1802), Mikael Agricola (1510), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), and Risto Ryti (1889). After him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Gadolin (1760), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), and Ragnar Granit (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ranks 7. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Risto Ryti (1889). After him are Kyösti Kallio (1873), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), and Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892).

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