Karl-August Fagerholm

Valtioneuvos Karl-August Fagerholm
20th Prime Minister of Finland
In office 29 August 1958 – 13 January 1959
President	Urho Kekkonen
Preceded by	Reino Kuuskoski
Succeeded by	V. J. Sukselainen
In office 3 March 1956 – 27 May 1957
President	Urho Kekkonen
Preceded by	Urho Kekkonen
Succeeded by	V. J. Sukselainen
In office 29 July 1948 – 17 March 1950
President	Juho K. Paasikivi
Preceded by	Mauno Pekkala
Succeeded by	Urho Kekkonen
Personal details
Born	(1901-12-31)31 December 1901 Siuntio, Finland
Died	22 May 1984(1984-05-22) (aged 82) Helsinki, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic
Spouse	Judith Jormala
Children	3

Karl-August Fagerholm (31 December 1901, in Siuntio – 22 May 1984, in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician. Fagerholm served as Speaker of Parliament^[1] and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, and 1958–59).^[2] Fagerholm became one of the leading politicians of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War. As a Scandinavia-oriented Swedish-speaking Finn, he was believed to be more to the taste of the Soviet Union's leadership than his predecessor, Väinö Tanner. Fagerholm's postwar career was, however, marked by fierce opposition from both the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of Finland. He narrowly lost the presidential election to Urho Kekkonen in 1956.