Governor-General F. A. Seyn used censorship to block news about the revolution in St. Petersburg. Not until 17 March was the Finnish press allowed to give a full account of what was happening. All newspapers contained large blank spaces where the censorship had removed text. Seeing the white spaces, the readers understood that something extraordinary […]
The Russian Emperor and Grand Duke of Finland Nicholas II abdicated on 15 March 1917. His brother Grand Duke Mikhail refused to accept the crown. A committee set up by the Duma started to govern Russia. People began calling the committee the provisional government. The new government was chaired by Prince Georgy Lvov. The change […]
The debate on the state flag was triggered in the 1860s when the situation in Finland improved and social reforms got under way. The lion flag based on Finland’s coat of arms was one of the candidates proposed. Fredrik Nylander, the Medical Officer of the City of Oulu, proposed in 1862 that the Finnish flag […]
Kullervo Manner – a socialist Speaker of parliament as the head of state of Red Finland Kullervo Manner (1880–1939) served as Speaker of the Finnish parliament with a socialist majority in 1917. In 1918, he became Chairman of the People’s Delegation that governed the so-called Red Finland. Towards the end of the civil war, Manner […]
