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Eemil Nestor Setälä
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Oskari Tokoi
- Succeeded by
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- Born
- 27 February 1864, Kokemäki , Grand Duchy of Finland , Russian Empire
- Died
- 8 February 1935 (1935-02-08) (aged 70), Helsinki , Finland
- Party
- National Coalition Party
- Spouse s
- Helmi Krohn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1891 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1913 ) , Kristiane Nicoline Thomsen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 )
- Children
- 6; including Salme Setälä
- Relatives
- Kai Setälä (great-nephew)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emil
- Family name
- Setälä
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Place of birth
- Kokemäki
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Spouse
- Helmi Krohn
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Helsinki
- Employer
- University of Helsinki
- Political party
- Young Finnish Party
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Doctoral student
- Gustaf John Ramstedt
- Image
- Eemil Setälä.JPG
- Work location
- Tuusula
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- Commons category
- Eemil Setälä
- date of birth
- 1864-02-27
- date of death
- 1935-02-08
- name in native language
- Emil Nestor Setälä
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- ethnic group
- Finns
- birth name
- Emil Nestor Setälä
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Encyclopedic overview
Eemil Nestor Setälä ( pronounced [ˈeːmil ˈnestor ˈsetælæ]; 27 February 1864 – 8 February 1935) was a Finnish politician who served as Chairman of the Senate of Finland from September to November 1917. He is regarded as one of the principal authors of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.
Setälä was a linguist, professor of Finnish language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929. He was a major influence on the study of Finnish language, the founder of the research institute Suomen suku ("Finnish kin"), and creator of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.
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