Eemil Nestor Setälä
Eemil Nestor Setälä | |
|---|---|
Setälä, c. 1930 | |
| Chairman of the Senate of Finland | |
| In office 8 September 1917 – 27 November 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Oskari Tokoi |
| Succeeded by | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1864 Kokemäki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 February 1935 (aged 70) Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
| Spouses |
Kristiane Nicoline Thomsen
(m. 1913) |
| Children | 6; including Salme Setälä |
| Relatives | Kai Setälä (great-nephew) |
Eemil Nestor Setälä (pronounced [ˈeːmil ˈnestor ˈsetælæ]; 27 February 1864 – 8 February 1935) was a Finnish politician who served as Chairman of the Senate of Finland from September 1917 to November 1917, when he was author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.
Setälä was a linguist, professor of Finnish language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929. He was a major influence on the study of Finnish language, the founder of the research institute Suomen suku ("Finnish kin"), and creator of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.