Karl Gustaf Söderholm (9 December 1859, in
Loviisa
Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.
The municipality co ...
– 17 June 1948) was a
Finnish legal scholar and politician. He served as
Minister of Justice from 27 November 1918 to 15 August 1919, from 15 March to 28 June 1920 and from 4 July 1930 to 21 March 1931. He was a member of the
Diet of Finland
The Diet of Finland (Finnish ''Suomen maapäivät'', later ''valtiopäivät''; Swedish ''Finlands Lantdagar''), was the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 and the recipient of the powers of the Swedish Riksda ...
from 1904 to 1906 and of the
Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1913 and again from 1916 to 1917, representing the
Swedish People's Party of Finland
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(SFP). He served as the President of the
Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
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from 1923 to 1929 and as the Chancellor of
Ã…bo Akademi University from 1933 to 1941.
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1859 births
1948 deaths
People from Loviisa
People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Swedish-speaking Finns
Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians
Ministers of Justice of Finland
Members of the Diet of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–08)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–10)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–11)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–13)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–17)
University of Helsinki alumni