Georg Carl Casimir Ehrnrooth (27 July 1926 - 17 October 2010) was a

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politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Parliament for

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from 1958 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987. He initially represented the

Swedish People's Party of Finland The Swedish People's Party of Finland ( sv, Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP); fi, Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP)) is a political party in Finland aiming to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finlan ...

but in 1973 he left the party and formed a new political party called the Constitutional People's Party, later known as the

Constitutional Right Party The Constitutional Right Party ( fi, Perustuslaillinen Oikeistopuolue, sv, Konstitutionella högerpartiet, from 1973 to 1980 Constitutional People's Party ( fi, Perustuslaillinen Kansanpuolue, sv, Konstitutionella Folkpartiet). ) was an antico ...

. He served as its leader from 1974 to 1992.

Life and career

Ehrnrooth was born in

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. His parents were Deputy Judge Carl Johan Casimir Ehrnrooth and Aina Hélène Louise Mannerheim. He belonged to the

Ehrnrooth The Ehrnrooth family is a Finnish noble family of German origin. It originated from Pomerania, and came to Finland from Livonia around 1600. Its status descends from Johan Plagman (1623–1696), who was raised to nobility in 1687. The family was ...

's noble family and was descended from his mother's side of the

Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

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(in Finnish) Georg's father served on the management bodies of several companies, including as chairman of the board of Kymi Oy and paternal grandfather was ''

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''. Marshal

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was the godfather of Ehrnrooth and the uncle of his mother. Ehrnrooth studied law at the

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, graduating as Licentiate of Laws in 1954. In the 1950s Ehrnrooth worked as an assistant at two law firms, as a

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and as a law teacher before being elected to the

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. Ehrnrooth was a

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and

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politician and critical of President

Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as Prime Minister ...

who had friendly relations to the

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.HS: Mies, joka vihasi Kekkosta – Michael Franckin tyylikäs dokumentti kertoo kummisetä Georg C. Ehrnroothista, joka oli aikoinaan kiusallinen ja lopulta ehkä oikeassa
(in Finnish) Ehrnrooth had been upset by Kekkonen's support for the

war-responsibility trials The war-responsibility trials in Finland ( fi, Sotasyyllisyysoikeudenkäynti, sv, Krigsansvarighetsprocessen) were trials of the Finland, Finnish wartime leaders held responsible for "definitely influencing Finland in getting into a war with the ...

in the late 1940s. He left the Swedish People's Party soon after the party had voted for a bill that prolonged Kekkonen's presidential term by four years without an election. His new Constitutional Right Party did not gain much support, winning only one seat in the 1975 and 1983 parliamentary elections and no seats at all in 1979, 1987 and 1991 elections. Ehrnrooth returned to Swedish People's Party in the 1990s. In addition to his parliamentary career, Ehrnrooth was a member of the City Council of Helsinki from 1957 to 1996. In 1969 he introduced a bill against the planned

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. His bill was defeated and he later admitted having been wrong about the metro. In the city council, he frequently defended elderly care. Ehrnrooth was pro-American and voiced support for the

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in 2003.

References

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