Juhan Kalm (1884–1953) was an Estonian farmer, agronomist and politician. Kalm was born on 19 March 1884 in

Saadjärve Saadjärve is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in Estonia. It is located about 17 km north of the city of Tartu, on the eastern shore of Lake Saadjärv. Saadjärve has a population of 118 (as of 1 January 2012). Saadjärve manor S ...

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and worked as a farmer and agronomist. He was elected to the

Estonian Provincial Assembly The Estonian Provincial Assembly ( et, Eestimaa Kubermangu Ajutine Maanõukogu, (Ajutine) Maanõukogu, Eesti Maanõukogu, (Eesti) Maapäev) was elected after the February Revolution in 1917 as the national diet of the Autonomous Governorate of E ...

, which governed the

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between 1917 and 1919; he served for the whole term, but did not sit in the newly formed

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(Constituent Assembly) or

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(Parliament). Kalm died in

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on 17 July 1953.Jaan Toomla,
Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999
' (

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, 1999), pp. 23, 242."Eeestimaa Kubermangu Ajutise Maanõukogu Liikmed"
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''. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalm, Juhan 1884 births 1953 deaths Estonian farmers Estonian agronomists Members of the Estonian Provincial Assembly People from Tartu Parish Estonian World War II refugees