Eemil Nestor Setälä
Eemil Nestor Setälä (pronounced [ˈeːmil ˈnestor ˈsetælæ]; 27 February 1864 – 8 February 1935) was a Finnish politician and once the Chairman of the Senate of Finland, from September 1917 to November 1917, when he was author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.
Valtioneuvos Eemil Nestor Setälä | |
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Setälä, c. 1930 | |
| Chairman of the Senate of Finland | |
| In office 8 September 1917 – 27 November 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Oskari Tokoi |
| Succeeded by | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1864 Kokemäki, Finland |
| Died | 8 February 1935 (aged 70) Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
| Relatives | Kai Setälä |
Setälä was a linguist, professor of Finnish language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929. He was a major influence on the study of Finnish language, the founder of the research institute Suomen suku ("Finnish kin"), and creator of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.
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