Karl-AugustFagerholm (born 31 December 1901, dead 22 May 1984) was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, 1958–59).
Fagerholm became chairman for the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War, and was as Scandinavia-oriented Finland-Swede believed to be more in 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 from domestic communists.
President Kallio suffered a stroke on August 28, after which he was unable to work, but when he presented his resignation November 27, the Soviet Union reacted by announcing that if Mannerheim, Tanner, Kivimäki, Svinhufvud or someone of their ilk were chosen president, it would be considered a breach of the Moscow peace treaty.
On August 19, a new initiative was launched for co-operation between Sweden and Finland.
The Soviet Union demanded that Väinö Tanner be discharged from the cabinet because of his anti-Soviet stance and he had to resign August 15.
Fagerholm was a candidate for the presidency in 1956, but he was narrowly defeated by Urho Kekkonen.
The youngest son of Prince Augustus (August) I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he was elected prince of Bulgaria as successor to the first ruler of that autonomous principality, Aleksandur, who had abdicated in 1886.
During August Ferraro found herself on the defensive as questions regarding her own and her husband's finances became the focus of media coverage.
In the presidential election of 1956, SDP's candidate Karl-AugustFagerholm lost with only one single elector's vote to Urho Kekkonen.
Karl-AugustFagerholm - Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament
After the Continuation War the Social Democratic party finally seemed to have become equally respected as any other party, although it remained obvious that the Soviet Union was more suspicious against SDP than against the "openly" bourgeois parties.
A four-week crisis ended with the approval of a new coalition cabinet, led by Social Democrat Karl-AugustFagerholm.
The resignation of five Agrarian Party members of the cabinet touched off a crisis, resulting in the collapse of Premier Fagerholm's coalition Socialist government.
On Dec. 10 President Kekkonen, in a broadcast to the people, declared that “the overriding question” for Finnish foreign policy was good relations with the Soviet Union.
In the presidential election of 1956, Kekkonen defeated the Social Democrat Karl-AugustFagerholm by two votes in the electoral college and was elected as president.
Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900 - August 31, 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 1950 to 1956, and as the most long-standing president of Finland from 1956 to 1981.
As president, Kekkonen continued the neutrality policy of president Paasikivi, which came to be known as the Paasikivi-Kekkonen line.
Karl-AugustFagerholm, himself a former trade union leader, decided in January 1950 to increase wages and end wage controls.
The employers in the paper sector made concessions at the last moment, but strikes began in the metal, sawmill and carpentry sectors in August and September, with the number of strikers rising to about 100,000.
In a ballot of SAK members, a clear majority voted in favour of a solution brokered by K-A. Fagerholm, now the Speaker of Parliament.
In 1949, he organized left-wing resistance against communist strike agitators who tried to take over the dockworker's union and indirectly threatened the stability of the government of Karl-AugustFagerholm.
After the war Koivisto became active in politics, joined the Social Democratic party and worked as a dockworker's representative.
Later he worked as a school teacher and met Tellervo Kankaanranta, his future wife.
Communists were not included in the new government formed under the Social Democrat Karl-AugustFagerholm, and there was no communist participation in Finland's government again until 1966.
When new elections were held in July 1948, the SKDL suffered a sharp drop in support, falling from fifty-one to thirty-eight seats in the Eduskunta.
The end of World War II had found Finland in a thoroughly weakened state economically.
Soviet Communist& nov.; wrote novel "The Young Guard" 1946-1951; secy-gen. of Union of Soviet Writers 1946-1954; suicide _1901-1956 Fadiman, Clifton US aut., editor, & radio host; hosted radio show "Information Please" 1938-1948 _1904-- Fagerholm, Karl-August Finnish labor leader & polit.; prime min.
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After the elections of 1958, a coalition government under the leadership of the Social Democrat KarlAugustFagerholm was formed, in which certain members considered anti-Soviet were included.
The Soviet Union responded by recalling its ambassador and canceling credits and orders in Finland.
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