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oct 9, 1918 - Finland Elects a King

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The monarchists had been a minority in Finland when it declared itself a Republic in 1917. However, after a civil war, and while the pro-republic Social Democratic Party was excluded from the Eduskunta, the German Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin the brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II was elected to the throne of the Kingdom of Finland on 9 October 1918 under the title Fredrik Kaarle I.

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oct 9, 1918
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~ 106 years ago