Talk:Mauno Koivisto

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There has to be a better way to put this paragraph:

After the war Koivisto became active in politics, joined the Social Democratic party and worked as a dockworker's representative. In 1949, he organized left-wing resistance against communist strike agitators who tried to take over the dockworker's union and indirectly threatened the stability of the government of K. A. Fagerholm.

Was it the agitators who threatened the government? It's not at all clear. KJ

Yes they were. Koivisto was a moderate leftist, and Fagerholm's government was centrist-leftist. The communists' post-war attempts to turn the country into a People's Democracy were often stalled or halted by the (parliamentary) Social Democrats. But as of now, I can't think of any sensible way to put that paragraph. Psytron 21:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Is Mauno Koivisto the only Finnish president to have fought in the Continuation War? As far as I can see, presidents from Ståhlberg to Kekkonen were already very old by then and either needed in central politics, not fit for active duty any more, or both. Martti Ahtisaari was four years old, and Tarja Halonen hadn't even been born yet. JIP | Talk 14:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Koivisto and Nintendo

I recall seeing this in a MikroBITTI news section in the nineties. Alas, I can't be more specific than that, but at least it's not made up. --Kizor 01:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)