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This is a list of monarchs and heads of state of Finland; that is, the kings of Sweden with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the grand dukes of Finland, a title used by most Swedish monarchs, up to the two-year regency following the independence in 1917, with a brief flirtation with a truly domestic monarchy .
There are no records of ancient kings of Finland, but it is possible that various tribal leaders may have held the title of king. Finland has been part of monarchical states as a sub-unit of a monarchy based outside Finland proper.
After the civil war, the parliament controlled by the Whites voted to establish a constitutional monarchy to be called the Kingdom of Finland, with German prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as king. However, Germany's defeat in November 1918 made the plan impossible and Finland instead became a republic, with Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg elected as ...
Ancient kings of Finland are kings of Finland mentioned in early historical sources. The word kuningas ( Finnish for "king") is an old Finnic word deriving from the ancient Germanic word kuningaz. [1] In the time the sources were written, "Finland" mainly referred to the Finland Proper area, and depending on the source, the "kings of Finland ...
After brief experimentation with monarchy, when an attempt to make Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse King of Finland was unsuccessful, Finland became a presidential republic, with K. J. Ståhlberg elected as its first president in 1919.
The Kingdom of Finland ( Finnish: Suomen kuningaskunta; Swedish: Konungariket Finland; 1918–1919) was a failed attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in December 1917 and the Finnish Civil War from January–May 1918.
Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House of Hesse (May 1, 1868 – May 28, 1940), was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor William II and the elected king of Finland from October 9 to December 14, 1918.
