Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
1865 – 1952 · aged 87
President of Finland (1865–1952)
- Born
- 28 Jan 1865 · Suomussalmi
- Died
- 22 Sept 1952 · Helsinki
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 28 Jan 1865BornBorn in Suomussalmi
- 1908 – 1910RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
- 1914 – 1918RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
- 1914 – 1917RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
- 1918 – 1919RolePresident of the Supreme Administrative Court
- 1919AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1919AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1919 – 1925RolePresident of Finland
- 1920AwardCross of Liberty 3rd Division, 1st Class
- 1926AwardOrder of the Three Stars, 1st Class
- 1930 – 1933RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
- 22 Sept 1952DiedDied in Helsinki
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1865 – 1952).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
Biography
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (forenames Finnish: [ˈkɑːrlo ˈjuho], surname Finland Swedish: [ˈstoːlbærj]; 28 January 1865 – 22 September 1952) was a Finnish jurist and academic who was one of the most important pioneers of republicanism in the country. He was the first president of Finland (1919–1925) and a liberal nationalist.
Ståhlberg was an important figure in the drafting of Finland's republican constitution. As a jurist, he anchored the state in liberal democracy, guarded the fragile germ of the rule of law, and embarked on internal reforms. In implementing the form of government of 1919, Ståhlberg piloted an independent Finland towards acting in world politics; in presidential-led foreign and security policy, he relied on international law and diplomacy.
It was only after the opening of private archives of President J. K. Paasikivi that it was realized that Ståhlberg had a very significant political role as an “éminence grise” until his death. He was asked for advice and opinions, which were also followed. Paasikivi highly valued Ståhlberg, and even described his predecessor in exaggerated words: “Ståhlberg was a man who never made mistakes”.
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