Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
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President P. E. Svinhufvud |
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| 3rd President of Finland | |
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In office 2 March 1931 – 1 March 1937 |
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| Prime Minister |
Juho Sunila T. M. Kivimäki Kyösti Kallio |
| Preceded by | Lauri Kristian Relander |
| Succeeded by | Kyösti Kallio |
| Prime Minister of Finland | |
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In office 4 July 1930 – 18 February 1931 |
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| President | Lauri Kristian Relander |
| Preceded by | Kyösti Kallio |
| Succeeded by | Juho Sunila |
| State Regent of Finland | |
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In office 18 May 1918 – 12 December 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Gustaf Mannerheim |
| Chairman of the Senate of Finland | |
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In office 27 November 1917 – 27 May 1918 |
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| Preceded by | E. N. Setälä |
| Succeeded by | J. K. Paasikivi |
| Personal details | |
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15 December 1861 Sääksmäki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 February 1944 (aged 82) Luumäki, Republic of Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party |
Young Finnish Party (before 1918) National Coalition Party (after 1918) |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Timgren |
| Children | Pehr Yngve, Ilmo Gretel, Aino Mary Alfthan, Eino Gustaf, Arne Bertel and Veikko Eivind |
| Alma mater | Imperial Alexander University (now University of Helsinki) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (Swedish: [ˈpæːr ˈeːvɪnd ˈsviːnhʉːvɵd]; 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 Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence. In 1917–1918, Svinhufvud was the first Head of State of independent Finland, first as Chairman of the Senate and subsequently as Protector of State or Regent. He also served as Prime Minister from 1930 to 1931.
As a conservative who was strong in his opposition to communism and the Left in general, Svinhufvud did not become a President embraced by all the people, although as the amiable Ukko-Pekka (Hubby Pekka), he did enjoy wide popularity.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad was born in Sääksmäki. He was the son of Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, a sea captain, and Olga von Becker. His father drowned at sea off Greece in 1863, when Pehr Evind was only two years old. He spent his early childhood at the home of his paternal grandfather, Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (a provincial treasurer of Häme), at Rapola, where the family had lived for five generations. The Svinhufvuds are a Finland-Swedish noble family tracing their history back to Dalarna, Sweden. Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, an army lieutenant in the reign of Charles XII, had moved from there to Rapola after the Great Northern War. The family had been ennobled in Sweden in 1574, and it was also introduced to the Finnish House of Nobility in 1818. Rapola was sold when his grandfather shot himself in 1866, and Svinhufvud moved to Helsinki with his mother and his sister.
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