| rdfs:comment | - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, (4. kesäkuuta 1867 Askainen, Suomi – 27. tammikuuta 1951 Lausanne, Sveitsi) Suomen marsalkka, vapaaherra, Suomen tasavallan kuudes presidentti vuosina 1944–1946, oli suomalainen ammattisotilas ja poliitikko.
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and politician. Mannerheim began his career in the Imperial Russian Army. During the Russian Civil War, Mannerheim briefly served the new revolutionary government, before he grew disenchanted with Communism. He was relieved of duty, and returned home to a newly independent Finland. After playing a crucial role in winning the Finnish Civil War for the "white" side, Mannerheim became regent in 1918, and, acting as an interim head of state, received foreign recognition for the new Republic, and oversaw the institution of a new constitution. He stood for election to the presidency in 1919, but lost, and retired from public life. He returned to service in the 1930s, accepting a position as chairman the nat
- Mannerheim was born in the Grand Principality of Finland, Russian Empire (name in ), into a family of Swedish-speaking aristocrats who had settled in Finland in the late 18th century. His paternal German ancestor Marhein had emigrated to Sweden during the 17th century. His maternal ancestry has its roots in Södermanland, Sweden.
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| abstract | - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and politician. Mannerheim began his career in the Imperial Russian Army. During the Russian Civil War, Mannerheim briefly served the new revolutionary government, before he grew disenchanted with Communism. He was relieved of duty, and returned home to a newly independent Finland. After playing a crucial role in winning the Finnish Civil War for the "white" side, Mannerheim became regent in 1918, and, acting as an interim head of state, received foreign recognition for the new Republic, and oversaw the institution of a new constitution. He stood for election to the presidency in 1919, but lost, and retired from public life. He returned to service in the 1930s, accepting a position as chairman the national defense council, and was informed that, in the event of war, he would be immediately elevated to Commander-in-Chief. Although Mannerheim was neither head of state, nor head of government, he exerted substantial influence over Finland's government. Mannerheim led the military from November 1939, when the Soviet Union attacked Finland through September 1944, when Finland was able to reach a separate peace with the USSR. During the fighting, Finland had been an ally of Germany, although Mannerheim did his best to keep that alliance as informal as possible. Mannerheim was concurrently elected president of Finland in 1944, but completed only two years of his six-year term before he resigned due to ill health.
- Mannerheim was born in the Grand Principality of Finland, Russian Empire (name in ), into a family of Swedish-speaking aristocrats who had settled in Finland in the late 18th century. His paternal German ancestor Marhein had emigrated to Sweden during the 17th century. His maternal ancestry has its roots in Södermanland, Sweden. Mannerheim made a career in the Imperial Russian Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. He also had a prominent place in the ceremonies for Tsar Nicholas II's coronation and later had several private meetings with the Russian Tsar. After the Bolshevik revolution, Finland declared its independence but was soon embroiled in civil war between the pro-Bolshevik "Reds" and the "Whites," who were the troops of the Senate of Finland. Mannerheim was appointed the military chief of the Whites. Twenty years later, when Finland was twice at war with the Soviet Union from late 1939 until September 1944, Mannerheim successfully led the defence of Finland as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces. In 1944, when the prospect of Germany's defeat in World War II became clear, Mannerheim was elected President of Finland and oversaw peace negotiations with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. (Finland was never at war with the US.) He resigned the presidency in 1946 and died in 1951.
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, (4. kesäkuuta 1867 Askainen, Suomi – 27. tammikuuta 1951 Lausanne, Sveitsi) Suomen marsalkka, vapaaherra, Suomen tasavallan kuudes presidentti vuosina 1944–1946, oli suomalainen ammattisotilas ja poliitikko.
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