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The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court
Supreme court

A supreme court, also called a court of last resort or high court, is in some jurisdictions the highest court within that jurisdiction's court system, whose rulings are not subject to further review by another court....
 in the Grand Duchy of Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland

The Grand Duchy of Finland was the predecessor state of modern Finland that existed in its territory 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire....
 from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Republic of Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 from 1917 to 1918.

The Senate was headed by the Governor-General of Finland
Governor-General of Finland

Governor-General of Finland was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1808 and 1917....
. The members of the Senate had to be Finnish citizens. The Senate was divided into the economic division and the judicial division. In 1822 both divisions were given a Finnish vice-chairman. From 1858 and onwards the members of the senate were formally known as senators. After the February Revolution in Russia the Vice-chairman of the economic division became the Chairman of the Senate.






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The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court
Supreme court

A supreme court, also called a court of last resort or high court, is in some jurisdictions the highest court within that jurisdiction's court system, whose rulings are not subject to further review by another court....
 in the Grand Duchy of Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland

The Grand Duchy of Finland was the predecessor state of modern Finland that existed in its territory 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire....
 from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Republic of Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 from 1917 to 1918.

The Senate was headed by the Governor-General of Finland
Governor-General of Finland

Governor-General of Finland was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1808 and 1917....
. The members of the Senate had to be Finnish citizens. The Senate was divided into the economic division and the judicial division. In 1822 both divisions were given a Finnish vice-chairman. From 1858 and onwards the members of the senate were formally known as senators. After the February Revolution in Russia the Vice-chairman of the economic division became the Chairman of the Senate. Due to the Civil War
Finnish Civil War

The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil caused by World War I in Europe. The war was fought in Finland from 27 January to 15 May 1918, between the forces of the Social Democratic Party of Finland led by the People's Deputation of Finland, commonly called the "Reds" , and the forces of the non-socialist, conse...
 in 1918 the Senate was relocated to the town of Vaasa
Vaasa

Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa....
 from January 29 to May 3.

In 1918 the economic division became the Cabinet and the judicial division became the Supreme court
Supreme court

A supreme court, also called a court of last resort or high court, is in some jurisdictions the highest court within that jurisdiction's court system, whose rulings are not subject to further review by another court....
 of the independent Republic of Finland. The vice-chairman of the economic department became the Prime minister of Finland
Prime Minister of Finland

The Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Finland, who is the Head of State....
, and the other senators became ministers.

Vice-chairmen of the economic division

  • Carl Erik Mannerheim, (1822 - 1826)
  • Samuel Fredrik von Born (acting), (1826 - 1828)
  • Anders Henrik Falck
    Anders Henrik Falck

    Anders Henrik Falck was a Finland politician. He was a Vice-chairman the economic division of the Senate of Finland ....
    , (1828 - 1833)
  • Gustaf Hjärne, (1833 - 1841)
  • Lars Gabriel von Haartman
    Lars Gabriel von Haartman

    Lars Gabriel von Haartman was a Finland politician. He was a Vice-chairman of the economic division of the Senate of Finland ....
    , (1841 - 1858)
  • Johan Mauritz Nordenstam, (1858 - 1882)
  • Edvard Gustaf af Forselles, (1882 - 1885)
  • Gustaf Axel Samuel von Troil, (1885 - 1891)
  • Sten Carl Tudeer, (1891 - 1900)
  • Constantin Linder, (1900 - 1905)
  • Emil Streng, (1905)
  • Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin, (1905 - 1908)
  • Edvard Immanuel Hjelt, (1908 - 1909)
  • August Johannes Hjelt, (1909)
  • Anders Wirenius
    Anders Wirenius

    Anders Wirenius was a Finland politician. He was twice Vice-chairman of the economic division of the Senate of Finland in 1909 and in 1917....
    , (1909)
  • Vladimir Ivanovich Markov
    Vladimir Ivanovich Markov

    Vladimir Ivanovit? Markoff was a Finnish Lieutenant General who was also the vice-chairman of the economic division of the Senate of Finland from 1909 to 1913 and the last Finnish Minister Secretary of State in Saint Petersburg from 1913 to 1917....
    , (1909 - 1913)
  • Mickail Borovitinov, (1913 - 1917)
  • Anders Wirenius
    Anders Wirenius

    Anders Wirenius was a Finland politician. He was twice Vice-chairman of the economic division of the Senate of Finland in 1909 and in 1917....
     (acting), (1917)


Chairmen of the Senate after February 1917

  • Antti Oskari Tokoi, Social Democratic Party
    Social Democratic Party of Finland

    The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the most influential political party in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party ....
     (1917)
  • Eemil Nestor Setälä
    Eemil Nestor Setälä

    Eemil Nestor Set?l?, was the acting head of state of Finland from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1917.Set?l? was a linguistics, professor of Finnish language language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929....
    , Young Finnish Party
    Young Finnish Party

    The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party began as an upper-class reformist movement in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland during the 1870s and formed as a political party in 1894....
     (1917)
  • Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
    Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

    Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad was the President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence....
    , Young Finnish Party (1917-1918)
  • Juho Kusti Paasikivi
    Juho Kusti Paasikivi

    Juho Kusti Paasikivi [IPA: juho kusti p?:siki?i] was the 7th President of Finland . He also served as Prime Minister of Finland , and was generally an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years....
    , Finnish Party
    Finnish Party

    The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservatism political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society....
     (1918)


See also

  • Diet of Finland
    Diet of Finland

    The Diet of Finland , was the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 and the heir of the powers of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates....