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Finnish president P. E. Svinhufvud gives a radio speech, which four days later finally ends the Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right Lapua Movement that started it.
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Finnish politician (1861–1944)
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous state under the Russian Empire’s rule, Svinhufvud played a major role in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Attempted coup d'état in Finland in 1932
The Mäntsälä rebellion was a failed coup attempt by the Lapua Movement to overthrow the Finnish government.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lapua Movement
Far-right political movement in Finland (1929–32)
The Lapua Movement was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro-German and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, it turned towards far-right politics after its founding and was banned after a failed coup d'etat…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 2
Day of the year
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