Edwin Linkomies
Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union. He was paroled in 1948. Linkomies was a prominent fennoman academic, pro-rector of the University of Helsinki 1932 to 1943, rector 1956 to 1962, and the government's Chancellor of the University from 1962 until his death.
22 December 1894
Born on the same birth day (22 December): Alinne Moraes • C. Eugene Steuerle • Carl Friedrich Abel • Dennis Armfield • Emperor Antoku • Greg Finley • Hawkshaw Hawkins • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Johan Sebastian Welhaven • Jordin Sparks • Kenneth Rexroth • Lady Bird Johnson • Marcus Hurley • Mary Archer • Moonbyul • Myriam Bédard • Peregrine Worsthorne • Ruth Roman • Sam Newman • Tony Isabella • Victoriano Huerta • Zack Britton
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