Baron Ernst Viktor Lorenz von Born (24 August 1885, Pernå - 7 July 1956) was a

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lawyer, farmer and politician. He served as

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from March 1931 to December 1932 and from December 1939 to May 1941, Minister without Portfolio in 1939 and

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from 8 August to 17 November 1944. He was a member of the

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from 1919 to 1954, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP). He was the chairman of the SFP from 1935 to 1945 and again from 1955 to 1956. During the

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, he was one of the signatories of the "Petition of the Thirty-three", which was presented to President Ryti by members of the

Peace opposition Peace opposition (, {{Lang-sv, fredsoppositionen) was a Finnish cross-party movement (from 1943 to 1944) uniting both bourgeois politicians like Paasikivi, Kekkonen, Sakari Tuomioja etc. and (mostly left-leaning) Social Democratic Party (Finland), ...

on 20 August 1943.

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