Ellen Svinhufvud
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.jpg) Ellen Svinhufvud in 1931. | |
| Born | Alma Ellen Timgren[1] 23 December 1869 |
| Died | 24 August 1953 (aged 83) |
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Ellen Svinhufvud (née Timgren; 23 December 1869 – 24 August 1953)[2] was the wife of Finland's third president, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, serving as the First Lady of Finland from 1931 until 1937.[3]
She married Pehr Evind Svinhufvud in 1889, and the couple had six children.[3]
She was active in the women's paramilitary Lotta Svärd organisation, as well as in the Martha organisation.[3]
Her personal interests included various handicrafts, and she even had a loom installed in the Presidential Palace.[3] She was also a keen gardener, and skilled at looking after the family manor house and farm in Luumäki.[4][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Svinhufvud, Pehr Evind". BLF.fi (in Swedish). Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Svinhufvud, Ellen". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Svinhufvud, Ellen (1869-1953)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Kotkaniemen tiluksilla vaalitaan presidentti Svinhufvudin perintöä" (in Finnish). Yle. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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