Tahvo Putkonen

Tahvo Putkonen (born October 30, 1795 in Suonenjoki, Finland; died July 8, 1825) was a Finnish farm-hand, who killed a tenant farmer called Lasse Hirvonen on December 26, 1822. Putkonen was sentenced to death on July 30, 1823 and he was beheaded with an axe on July 8, 1825, and buried outside of the churchyard. Additionally, he was fined 24 silver thalers for contempt of court, drunken behaviour and disturbing Sunday peace.

Putkonen is the last person who was executed in Finland during peacetime.

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