Emil Albert Skog (30 June 1897,

Helsingin maalaiskunta Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...

– 20 September 1981,

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) was a

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telephone worker, civil servant and politician. During the

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, Skog fought at the

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as an

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on the Red side and was imprisoned at the Kalevankangas camp after

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surrendered on 6 April 1918. From 1946 to 1957, Skog was the chairman of the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

(SDP). He served as

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of Finland from 29 July 1948 to 17 March 1950, from 17 January 1951 to 9 July 1953 and from 5 May 1954 to 27 May 1957. From 1959 to 1964, Skog was the chairman of the

Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders ( fi, Työväen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto, TPSL) was a political party in Finland. TPSL originated as a fraction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, headed by Emil ...

(TPSL). He rejoined the SDP in 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skog, Emil 1897 births 1981 deaths People from Vantaa People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Leaders of the Social Democratic Party of Finland Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders politicians Ministers of Defence of Finland People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Prisoners and detainees of Finland