Reinhold Svento

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Reinhold Svento in 1948.

Reinhold Konstantin Svento (until 1938 Sventorzetsky, July 24, 1881,

presidential elections
.

Biography

Sventorzetsky graduated from the

constituency of the Mikkeli County. Sventorzetsky wrote to the Social Democratic main vocalist newspaper Social Democrat
from 1918-1920 and 1924-1944.

In the 1920s, Sventorzetsky belonged to the left of the SDP and to the so-called Huplian Opposition. He was elected to the party committee at the 1926 party congress. That same year, Sventorzetsky objected to his party's move to the government. Sventorzetsky, representing the moderate opposition in the 1930s, was one of the leading foreign policy experts in the party.

From the 1920s Svento supported the cooperation between Social Democrats and Agrarian League. In 1937, Svento published the book The Worker and Peasant, in which he considered the government of the Social Democrats and the Agrarian League essential for the maintenance of a democratic society under the pressure of fascism and communism.[1]

In the following year, Finland's foreign policy appeared, in which Svento warned of the difficult position of Finland in the event of a possible war. Svento did not believe the importance of ideological issues in foreign policy and he favored a neutral balancing between the great powers. In the negotiations between Finland and the Soviet Union in the autumn of 1939, Svento demanded absolute neutrality from Finland.[2]

After the Winter War he considered the conflict as a major imperialism of the Great powers. During the Continuation War[3]., Svento was involved in the peace opposition movement.

After the Continuation War, Svento moved to the People's Democratic League with many other Social Democratic party leaders who were divided in the party's policy. As a Foreign Minister in April 1948, Svento was a member of the Negotiation delegation considering the Finno-Soviet Treaty. In September 1955, he was a member of the delegation led by President J. K. Paasikivi, with whom the Soviet Union agreed to return the Porkkala Base back to Finland. At the end of her public career, Svento was part of the Finnish delegation to the United Nations in 1955-1958.

Reinhold Svento and First Foreign Minister

St. Petersburg.[4] The role of Svento and Enckell as assistants and advisers to J. K. Paasikivi also underlined the fact that the head of the Political Department's highest official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held throughout their ministry without the holder.[5]
Reinhold Svento received the honor of the Minister in 1971.

Family

Reinhold Svento's first spouse from 1907 to 1953 was Antti Hackzell's sister Evi Hackzell. Their son was Truvor Svento, a promising composer who fell in the Winter War. Their daughter Marina married Lieutenant General, Mannerheim Cross Knight Martti Miettinen. Reinhold Svento's second spouse since 1968 was Helvi Inkeri Dillström

References

  1. ^ Hannu Soikkanen: Kohti kansanvaltaa 2 (SDP 1987), s. 17. (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Hannu Soikkanen: Kohti kansanvaltaa 2 (SDP 1987), s. 36, 39–40, 47, 49, 52, 93, 96. (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Hannu Soikkanen: Kohti kansanvaltaa 2 (SDP 1987), s. 411. (in Finnish)
  4. ^ K.-A. Fagerholm: Puhemiehen ääni, s. 223. Helsinki: Tammi, 1977. (in Finnish)
  5. ^ Max Jakobson: Pelon ja toivon aika: 20. vuosisadan tilinpäätös II, s. 153. Helsinki: Otava, 2001. (in Finnish)
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