Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Politician
1870 – 1956
Who was Juho Kusti Paasikivi?
Juho Kusti Paasikivi was the seventh President of Finland. Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland, and was generally an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years. He is particularly remembered as a main architect of Finland's foreign policy after the Second World War.
He was born Johan Gustaf Hellsten in 1870 at Hämeenkoski in Päijänne Tavastia in Southern Finland, the son of August Hellsten, a merchant, and Karolina Wilhelmina Selin. He Finnicized his name to Juho Kusti Paasikivi in 1885.
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- Born
- Jan 27, 1870
Hämeenkoski - Also known as
- Johan Gustaf Hellsten
- J.K. Paasikivi
- Spouses
- Anna Forsman
(1897 - 1931) - Allina Valve
(1934 - 1956)
- Anna Forsman
- Children
- Religion
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Nationality
- Finland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Helsinki
- Lived in
- Lahti
- Died
- Dec 14, 1956
Helsinki - Resting place
- Hietaniemi cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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