Finland: Polity Style: 1809-2008 |
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| 28 Mar 1808 | Russian imperial declaration on annexation of Finnish lands in possession of Sweden communicated to the Great Powers |
| 1 Feb 1809 - 9 Nov 1917 | Storfurstendömet Finland = Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta [1][2][3] |
| 3 Oct 1809 | Ratification of the Treaty of Frederikshamn (signed 17 Sep 1809), finalizing the transfer of Finnish territories, in international law, from Swedish to Russian control |
| 9 Nov 1917 - 17 Jul 1919 | Suomi = Finland [4][5] |
| 17 Jul 1919 - | Suomen tasavalta = Republiken Finland [6] |
| Sources and notes: | |
| [1] | Dated by the imperial rescript, summoning the Finnish Diet of the Estates to Borgå/Porvoo (1 Feb 1809). |
| [2] | Russkij ≈ русский (Russian): Velikoe knjažestvo Finljandskoe ≈ Великое княжество Финляндское |
| [3] | The official language is Svenska (Swedish); by the Language Ordinance of 30 Jul 1863 Suomi (Finnish) becomes official for limited use, to become universal by 29 Dec 1883; русский (Russian) is in official use. |
| [4] | The Declaration of Independence (passed on 6 Dec 1917) is intended as a preamble to a republican Constitution, but the Eduskunta/Lantdag (Finnish parliament) wavers; after an attempt to establish a Suomen kunigaskunta = Konungarike Finland on 9 Oct 1918, returns to preparing a republican Conastitution. |
| [5] | 28 Jan 1918 - 25 Apr 1918 Suomen sosialistinen työväentasavalta [Russian: Finljandskaja socialističeskaja rabočaja respublika ≈ Финляндская социалистическая рабочая республика] (in dissidence) |
| [6] | 1 Dec 1939 - 12 Mar 1940 Suomen kansanvaltainen tasavalta = Finlands demokratiska republik (in dissidence) |
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