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Edwin Linkomies
Finnish politician, rector and Prime Minister of Finland (1894-1963)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 December 1894
- Died
- 9 September 1963
- Place of birth
- Vyborg
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Sex or gender
- male
- Occupation
- politician, university teacher, classical scholar, historian, literary scholar, head of government
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Finland, member of the Parliament of Finland
- Citizenship
- Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland
- Native language
- Finnish
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Holy Lamb, Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with star, Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Romania), Grand Cross with Holy Crown of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary
- candidacy in election
- 1933 Finnish parliamentary election, 1936 Finnish parliamentary election, 1939 Finnish parliamentary election
- described by source
- Fatal years: diplomatic memories from Finland 1935–1944, Writers in Finland 1917–1944
- educated at
- University of Helsinki, Q18661648
- employer
- University of Helsinki
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Finnish
- member of political party
- National Coalition Party
- name in native language
- Edwin Linkomies
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- significant event
- Continuation War
- significant person
- Risto Ryti, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- student
- Gunnar Mickwitz
- work location
- Helsinki
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