Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen

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Finnish politician (1830-1903)

PoliticiansLived 1830 to 1903 · aged 72

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Languages16

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Baron Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish historian, politician, publicist and senator.

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Yrjö Koskinen

Awards 6

1896Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

1892Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class

1887Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class

1883Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class

1875Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class

1868Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class

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SpouseTheodolinda Hahnsson

Politicians born in the 1830s 6

Adolfo Ballivián46.2

Georgi Valkovich46.1

Tirésias Simon Sam46.2

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg46.1

Salvador Jovellanos46.2

Lord Edward Cavendish46.1

About this person

Baron Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish historian, politician, publicist and senator. He was professor of history at the University of Helsinki and a leading figure in the Fennoman movement, succeeding Johan Vilhelm Snellman as the foremost spokesman of Finnish-nationalist politics and serving as chairman of the Finnish Party. A Finland Swede by background, he belonged to the clerical Forsman family of Swedish origin, and he fennicized his name to Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen upon his ennoblement in 1884. He was raised to baronial rank in 1897. His second wife was the Finnish author Theodolinda Hahnsson.