701 Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Juho Kusti Paasikivi

✶ 27 November in Koski (Tavastehus)
✟ 14 December 1956 in Helsinki

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 10 June 1947
Assigned the collar The Royal Palace of Stockholm 24 Maj 1952

motto

Isänmaan puolesta (For the fatherland)

shield

Painted 1952 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1956 by the same artist.

other awards

Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1938

Biography

Prime Minister 1918-1918 and 1944-1946
Envoy in Stockholm 1936-1939
President 1946-1956
Received the collar at King Gustaf VI Adolf’s state visit to Finland.

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