Kingdom of Finland

Suomen kuningaskunta Kungadömet Finland Kingdom of Finland
← 1917–1919 →
Socialist revolution: Red Finland (1918)
Capital	Helsinki
Government	Monarchy
King of Finland-elect
- 1918	Frederick Charles of Hesse
Lieutenant of the Realm
- 1918	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- 1918-1919	Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Head of Government
- 1917-1918	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- 1918	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
- 1918-1919	Lauri Ingman
- 1919	Kaarlo Castrén
Legislature	Diet of Finland
History
- November 9, 1917	Finnish Diet begins to exercise sovereign authority
- December 6, 1917	Independence declared
- March 3, 1918	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- October 10, 1918	King elected by diet
- November 11, 1918	German armistice with the allies
- December 14, 1918	King-elect renounces throne
- July 17, 1919	Republican constitution ratified
Area	360,000 km²
Currency	Finnish Markka
Finland	Finland
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The Kingdom of Finland (1917-1919) was a state in Northern Europe.

King of Finland-elect

• Frederick Charles of Hesse (₩) (October 10, 1918 - December 14, 1918)

Lieutenant of the Realm

• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (₩) (May 18, 1918 - December 12, 1918)
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (₩) (December 12, 1918 - July 27, 1919)

Head of Government

• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (₩) (November 28, 1917 - May 27, 1918)
• Juho Kusti Paasikivi (₩) (May 27, 1918 - November 26, 1918)
• Lauri Ingman (₩) (November 26, 1918 - April 27, 1919)
• Kaarlo Castrén (₩) (April 27, 1919 - August 15, 1919)

Nation

• Finland

Finnish Polities

• Russian Empire: Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917)
• Finnish Socialist Conciliar Republic (1918)
• Soviet Union: Finnish Democratic Republic (1939-1940)
• Republic of Finland (From 1919)
• Åland (From 1917)

Neighbouring Nations

• Estonia
• Norway
• Russia
• Sweden

References

• Finland: a country study (Library of Congress)
  
• Finland: a country study (archive.org)
  
• World Statesmen.org
  
• Wikipedia