Adolf Ehrnrooth
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Adolf Erik Ehrnrooth (9 February 1905 – 26 February 2004) was a Finnish
two equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
Early life
Born in
Uusimaa Dragoon Regiment (Uudenmaan Rakuunarykmentti). In 1958 he married a Danish countess Karin-Birgitte Schack who was a lady-in-waiting and a close friend of Queen Ingrid of Denmark
. They had three children: Karin, Hans and Eva.
Military career
During the brief
Mannerheim cross. He also received the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword
.
After the war, he led an active military career until he retired in 1965.
Soviet
mass offensive in the summer of 1944.Later life
Adolf Ehrnrooth was the face and voice most associated with rehabilitation of the soldiers who secured Finland her independence. The long post-war era during which it simply was not progressive to value the military ended in the early 1990s, at which time his charismatic persona was at its height.
In his last statement he gave support to
Treaty of Tartu and considered them the only proper borders of Finland and that it was great injustice that the Soviet Union had taken these territories.[3]
General Ehrnrooth died on 26 February 2004, and is buried in
Hietaniemi cemetery, Helsinki. He was voted as the 4th greatest Finn of all time by the Finnish public during the Suuret suomalaiset (Great Finns) competition in 2004.[4]
See also
References
- Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4995-1416928957601.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adolf Ehrnrooth Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "KENRAALI EHRNROOTHIN LAUSUNTO" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2005-12-28. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Suuret Suomalaiset - 100 Suurinta suomalaista | yle.fi | Arkistoitu".
Bibliography
- Karin Ehrnrooth: Isäni oli nuori sotilas / Min fader var en ung soldat – Adolf Ehrnrooth, Ajatus Kirjat 2008, ISBN 978-951-20-7497-6
- Adolf Ehrnrooth − Marja-Liisa Lehtonen: Kenraalin testamentti, WSOY 1995.
- Ulla Appelsin: Adolf Ehrnrooth, Kenraalin vuosisata, Ajatus Kirjat 2001.
External links
Media related to Adolf Ehrnrooth at Wikimedia Commons
- "Adolf Ehrnrooth". Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4995-1416928957601.
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