Finnish Declaration of Independence

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declaration of independence historical document

The Finnish Declaration of Independence was the 1917 proclamation by which Finland asserted its sovereignty and broke away from the Russian Empire to become an independent nation-state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Finnish Declaration of Independence canonical	5
Finnish declaration of independence	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	declaration of independence ⓘ historical document ⓘ
approvedBy	Parliament of Finland ⓘ
archivesLocation	National Archives of Finland ⓘ
category	1917 in Finland ⓘ Declarations of independence ⓘ Political history of Finland ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Independence Day of Finland ⓘ surface form: Finnish Independence Day
commemorationDate	December 6 ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
dateAdopted	1917-12-06 ⓘ
dateRecognizedBySovietRussia	1918-01-04 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom	Russian Empire ⓘ
followedBy	adoption of the Finnish Constitution ⓘ recognition of Finland by foreign powers ⓘ
governmentAtTime	Finnish Senate ⓘ surface form: Svinhufvud Senate
hasLegalEffect	establishment of Finland as a sovereign state ⓘ
hasPart	appeal for international recognition ⓘ preamble ⓘ statement of sovereignty ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTime	P. E. Svinhufvud ⓘ surface form: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
influencedBy	collapse of Russian monarchy ⓘ principle of national self-determination ⓘ
language	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalForm	government declaration ⓘ
legalStatus	foundational document of Finnish independence ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Finland ⓘ
mainAuthor	P. E. Svinhufvud ⓘ surface form: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
placeOfAdoption	Helsinki ⓘ
politicalStatusBefore	Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
previousSovereign	Tsar of Russia ⓘ surface form: Emperor of Russia
proposedBy	Finnish Senate ⓘ surface form: Senate of Finland
recognizedBy	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Soviet Russia Sweden ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedEvent	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: February Revolution Finnish Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: October Revolution Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
result	independence of Finland ⓘ
signedBy	members of the Senate of Finland ⓘ
subject	assertion of Finnish sovereignty ⓘ termination of union with Russia ⓘ
topic	secession from the Russian Empire ⓘ
year	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Duke of Finland → officeAbolishedFollowing → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

P. E. Svinhufvud → significantEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

Finnish Senate → significantEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish declaration of independence

Finnish Whites → associatedEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Finland → significantEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish declaration of independence

Independence Day of Finland → commemorates → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ

Soviet–Finnish border → establishedAfter → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ