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Edwin Linkomies

Prime Minister of Finland

22 December 1894 Viipuri, Finland

9 September 1963(1963-09-09) (68) Helsinki, Finland

5 March 1943 – 8 August 1944

Finnish politician Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies (22 December 1894 – 9 September 1963, until 1928 Edwin Flinck) was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union. Linkomies was a prominent fennoman academic, pro-rector (administrative head) of the University of Helsinki 1932 to 1943, rector 1956 to 1962, and the government's Chancellor of the University from 1962 until his death.

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