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1917 in Finland
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Events in the year 1917 in Finland.
Incumbents
Monarch: Nicholas II (until March 15)
Governor-General of Finland: Franz Albert Seyn (until March 16), Mikhail Stakhovich until September 17), Nikolai Nekrasov (until November 7)
Vice Chairman of the Economic Division: Mikhail Borovitinov (until March 15), Anders Wirenius (until March 26)
Chairman of the Senate of Finland: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (starting November 27)
Establishments
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
16 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrestedJonas Michael https://books.google.com/books?id=CJODDwAAQBAJ&dq=Franz+Albert+Seyn&pg=PA90 Scandinavia and the Great Powers in the First World War 2019-02-21 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-350-04636-8 en
19 March – Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became the new Governor-General of Finlandжизнь Редакция журнала Наука и Он жил на людях и для людей http://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/9595/ 2022-11-23 www.nkj.ru ru
26 March – Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the SenateSUOMI 1917-1918 - Tokoi https://webpages.tuni.fi/sochistoria/suomi80/tieto30.htm 2022-11-23 webpages.tuni.fi
18 July – Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of LawFinland – a state governed by the rule of law https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/finland-a-state-governed-by-the-rule-of-law 2022-11-23 Ministry of Justice en-US
31 July – Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland2004-09-07 THE FIRST STEPS OF THE DIET http://www.eduskunta.fi/fakta/historia/eng/ 2022-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20040907014337/http://www.eduskunta.fi/fakta/historia/eng/ 2004-09-07
17 August – Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate, E.N. Setälä takes his place
17 September – Nikolai Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of FinlandLib.ru/Классика: Некрасов Николай Алексеевич. Некрасов Н. А.: биобиблиографическая справка http://az.lib.ru/n/nekrasow_n_a/text_0350.shtml 2022-11-23 az.lib.ru
1–2 October – 1917 Finnish parliamentary electionSeppo Zetterberg et al (2003) A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOYAllan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) Finland Through the Ages Reader's Digest
27 November – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is appointed as Chairman of the Senate, becoming the first Prime Minister of Finland.Etusivu https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/501 2022-11-23 kansallisbiografia.fi
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.Finland - The struggle for independence Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Finland/The-struggle-for-independence 2022-11-23 www.britannica.com en
31 December –
Soviet government recognizes the Independence of FinlandRecognition of Finland's Independence: a Time of Contemplation https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org/recognition-of-finlands-independence-a-time-of-contemplation 2022-11-23 Baltic&Nordic Studies en-US
Åland declares itself as part of Sweden2010-02-04 Decision of the Council of the League of Nations on the Aland Islands http://www.kultur.aland.fi/kulturstiftelsen/traktater/eng_fr/1921a_en.htm 2022-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100204200856/http://www.kultur.aland.fi/kulturstiftelsen/traktater/eng_fr/1921a_en.htm 2010-02-04
See also
History of Finland (1917–present)
Timeline of Independence of Finland (1917–1920)
References
1917
Category:1910s in Finland
Category:Years of the 20th century in Finland
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