Arved Ruusa (28 August 1900 – 15 December 1992) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n politician and lawyer. From 1971 to 1990 he was

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(in exile). He was born in Vana-Kuuste Rural Municipality. In 1933 he graduated from the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

's Faculty of Law. From 1928 until 1935, he was in police service. In 1944, he fled to Sweden.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruusa, Arved 1900 births 1992 deaths Estonian politicians 20th-century Estonian lawyers Estonian police officers Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden University of Tartu alumni People from Kambja Parish