1917 in Finland
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Events in the year 1917 in Finland.
Establishments
[edit]- Confederation of Salaried Employees
- Finnish Musicians' Union
- Genealogical Society of Finland
- Helsingin Palloseura
- Hyvinkää
- Kerberos (magazine)
- League of Workers Association Youth
- White Guard (Finland)
Events
[edit]- 16 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested[1]
- 19 March – Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became the new Governor-General of Finland[2]
- 26 March – Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate[3]
- 18 July – Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law[4]
- 31 July – Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland[5]
- 17 August – Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate, E.N. Setälä takes his place
- 17 September – Nikolai Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of Finland[6]
- 1–2 October – 1917 Finnish parliamentary election[7][8]
- 27 November – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is appointed as Chairman of the Senate, becoming the first Prime Minister of Finland.[9]
- 4 December – Svinhufvud senate declares Independence of Finland
- 6 December – Finnish Declaration of Independence: Finland declares its independence from the Russian Empire following the Bolsheviks taking power.[10]
- 31 December –
- Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland[11]
- Åland declares itself as part of Sweden[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jonas, Michael (2019-02-21). Scandinavia and the Great Powers in the First World War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-04636-8.
- ^ жизнь, Редакция журнала Наука и. "Он жил на людях и для людей". www.nkj.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "SUOMI 1917-1918 - Tokoi". webpages.tuni.fi. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Finland – a state governed by the rule of law". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Wayback Machine". 2004-09-07. Archived from the original on 2004-09-07. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Lib.ru/Классика: Некрасов Николай Алексеевич. Некрасов Н. А.: биобиблиографическая справка". az.lib.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ Seppo Zetterberg et al (2003) A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOY
- ^ Allan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) Finland Through the Ages Reader's Digest
- ^ "Etusivu". kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Finland - The struggle for independence | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Recognition of Finland's Independence: a Time of Contemplation". Baltic&Nordic Studies. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Decision of the Council of the League of Nations on the Aland Islands". 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
