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The nation of Finland has never been an independent sovereign monarchy: No attempt to establish a fully fledged Finnish monarchy has been successful.When it finally became established as a modern independent nation-state, it was – despite a very brief flirtation with monarchy – in the form of a republic.
This is a list of heads of state of Finland; that is, the kings of Sweden with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the grand dukes of Finland, a title used by most Swedish monarchs and Russian emperors, up to the two-year regency following the independence in 1917, with a brief flirtation with a truly domestic monarchy.
The Kingdom of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kuningaskunta; Swedish: Konungariket Finland; 1918–1919) was a failed attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in December 1917 and the Finnish Civil War from January to May 1918.
After right-wing dreams of a monarchy based on the coronation of a German prince as the king of Finland came crumbling down with the German defeat in the World War, a republic was formed. In mid-1919, Finns agreed on a new Constitution, one that constructed a modern parliamentary system of government from existing political institutions and ...
Finland was declared an independent nation state on 6 December 1917. After the Civil War in 1918, there was a brief attempt to make Finland a kingdom from 9 October to 14 December 1918. In 1919, Finland was declared a republic. Since then, all titles of monarchs are obsolete in the country.
Finland was then united through Russia via the crown, and Finland was able to keep the majority of its own laws, giving it autonomy. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Instead of the newly acquired territory being subjected to direct rule by an imperial governor-general , a novel administrative system was established in Finland, drafted in part by the liberal Mikhail ...
Finland, [a] officially the Republic of Finland, [b] [c] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. ... After a brief experiment with monarchy, ...
Pages in category "Monarchy of Finland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *