Edwin Linkomies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edwin Linkomies

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1894

Place of Birth: Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1963

Profession: politician, historian, university teacher, classical scholar

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies (22 December 1894 – 9 September 1963, until 1928 Edwin Flinck) was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union.
Linkomies was a prominent fennoman academic, pro-rector (administrative head) of the University of Helsinki 1932 to 1943, rector 1956 to 1962, and the government's Chancellor of the University from 1962 until his death.