Karl-August Fagerholm
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Counselor of State Karl-August Fagerholm |
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| 30th, 35th & 39th Prime Minister of Finland | |
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In office 29 August 1958 – 13 January 1959 |
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| President | Urho Kekkonen |
| Preceded by | Reino Kuuskoski |
| Succeeded by | Jussi Sukselainen |
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In office 3 March 1956 – 27 May 1957 |
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| President | Urho Kekkonen |
| Preceded by | Urho Kekkonen |
| Succeeded by | Jussi Sukselainen |
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In office 26 March 1946 – 29 July 1948 |
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| President | Juho Kusti Paasikivi |
| Preceded by | Mauno Pekkala |
| Succeeded by | Urho Kekkonen |
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| Born | 31 December 1901 Siuntio, Finland |
| Died | May 22, 1984 (aged 82) Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Karl-August Fagerholm (31 December 1901, Siuntio – 22 May 1984, Helsinki) was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, and 1958). Fagerholm became one of the leading politicians of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War. As a Scandinavia-oriented Swedish-speaking Finn, he was believed to be more to the taste of the Soviet Union's leadership than his predecessor Väinö Tanner. Fagerholm's post-war career was however marked by fierce opposition from both the Kremlin and domestic communists. He narrowly lost the presidential election to Urho Kekkonen in 1956.
Fagerholm had in his youth briefly been chairman (1920–23) of the Barbers' Union. In 1930 he was elected member of Finland's Parliament. Both in the 1920s and in the 1930s, the main challenge for the Social Democrats was the rehabilitation after the Finnish Civil War, in which the Social Democrats had belonged to the defeated side. A revival of anti-Socialist opinion had in Finland like in many countries in Continental Europe led to a right-wing turn in the public opinion and the emerge of the semi-fascist Lapua Movement. As one of the consequences, Socialists were barred from Cabinet 1929–37. When, finally, principles of parliamentarism again were heeded in 1937, Fagerholm became Minister for Social Affairs in a series of Cabinets 1937–1943.
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