Mauno Henrik Koivisto
President of Finland
✶ 25 November 1923 in Turku
✟ 12 May 2017 in Helsinki
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 16 April 1982
Assigned the collar at the Royal Palace of Stockholm 9 August 1983
motto
Valtakunnan parhaaksi (For the best of the Nation)
shield
Painted 1991 by Bengt Olof Kälde.
other awards
None
Biography
Minister of Finance 1966-1968 and 1972
Prime Minister 1968-1970 and 1979-1982
Acting President 1981-1982
President 1982-1994
Received the order at a state visit to Sweden and the collar at King Carl XVI Gustaf’s state visit to Finland.
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