Aarne Sihvo

Aarne Sihvo
Aarne Sihvo
Born	(1889-11-22)22 November 1889 Virolahti, Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	12 June 1963(1963-06-12) (aged 73) Helsinki, Finland
Allegiance	Finland
Years of service	1918 - 1953
Rank	General
Commands held	Chief of Defence
Battles/wars	Finnish Civil War Winter War Continuation War
Awards	Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class (Latvian)

Aarne Sihvo (22 November 1889 – 12 June 1963) was a Finnish general. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 to 1920, representing the National Progressive Party.^[1] He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces 1926–1933 and 1946–1953. Sihvo is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.^[2]

Sihvo was born in Virolahti and died, aged 73, in Helsinki.

References

↑ "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
↑ Priedītis, Ērichs Ēriks (1996). Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lāčplēši. (in Latvian). Riga: Junda. ISBN 9984-01-020-1. OCLC 38884671.

External links

Media related to Aarne Sihvo at Wikimedia Commons

Works by Aarne Sihvo at Project Gutenberg
Finnish Civil War: Aarne Sihvo (Finnish)
Parliament of Finland: Aarne Sihvo (Finnish)
The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence(Finnish)

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