Finnish Senate

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executive body government cabinet historical institution

The Finnish Senate was the executive governing body of Finland during its transition to independence in the early 20th century, functioning as both cabinet and government under the Grand Duchy and later the independent state.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Senate of Finland 4
Imperial Senate of Finland 1
Judicial Department of the Finnish Senate 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive body ⓘ
government cabinet ⓘ
historical institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Finland
composition headed by a Vice-Chairman in the Economic Department ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Finland
dissolved 1918 ⓘ
followedBy Finnish government ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Council of State
governmentForm executive council ⓘ
hasMember senator ⓘ
hasPart Economic Department of the Finnish Senate ⓘ
Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Judicial Department of the Finnish Senate
hasQuality dual function as cabinet and government ⓘ
hasRole exercised executive power ⓘ
implemented laws ⓘ
managed state administration ⓘ
prepared legislation ⓘ
headquartersLocation Helsinki Senate Square ⓘ
surface form: Senate Square, Helsinki
history continued to function after Finnish independence in 1917 ⓘ
existed during the period of Russian rule over Finland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legislativeStatus prepared matters for the Emperor and later for the President of Finland ⓘ
nativeLabel Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senaten för Finland

Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suomen senaatti
partOf administration of the Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
political system of Finland ⓘ
reorganizedAs Finnish government ⓘ
surface form: Council of State of the Republic of Finland
replacedBy Finnish government ⓘ
surface form: Council of State of Finland
replaces Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Senate of Finland
role cabinet of Finland ⓘ
executive governing body of Finland ⓘ
Finnish government ⓘ
surface form: government of Finland
seat Helsinki ⓘ
significantEvent Finnish Civil War context 1918 ⓘ
Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Finnish declaration of independence

transition from Grand Duchy to independent Finland ⓘ
subordinateTo Tsar of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of Russia

President of Finland ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

White Army of Finland → allegiance → Finnish Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Finland
Leo Mechelin → employer → Finnish Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Finland
Finnish Senate → hasPart → Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicial Department of the Finnish Senate
Council of State → historicalPrecursor → Finnish Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (Finland)
this entity surface form: Senate of Finland
this entity surface form: Senate of Finland
Finnish Senate → nativeLabel → Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomen senaatti
Finnish Senate → nativeLabel → Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senaten för Finland
Red Guards of Finland → opposedTo → Finnish Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Finland finance portfolio
Finnish Senate → replaces → Finnish Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Senate of Finland
White Army of Finland → supported → Finnish Senate ⓘ