The Committee for Finnish Affairs ( Finnish: Suomen asiain komitea; Swedish: Kommittén för finska ärenden) was a committee in the Grand Duchy of Finland that assisted the Minister-Secretary of State for Finland with various issues regarding Finland for the years from 1811 to 1826 and then from 1857 to 1891. [1]
The Committee for Finnish Affairs was founded in 1811 by the approval of the Emperor of Russia Alexander I. [1] The idea for creating the committee came from State Secretary, Count Mikhail Speransky. [1] The committee was based in Imperial Russia's capital Saint Petersburg. [1] The committee supported the work of State Secretary of Finland, and then Minister-Secretary of Finland. [1]
The Grand Duchy of Finland was formed in 1809. [1] The committee had a crucial role in strengthening Finland's autonomy in Imperial Russia. [1] Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland Alexander I supported the committee's work. [1]
The founding chairman was General, Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt. [1] Members of the committee were Count Johan Fredrik Aminoff, Baron Carl Johan Walleen, and Active State Councillor Jacob Wilhelm Hisinger. [1]
Count Armfelt fought in the Napoleonic Wars, and he was adjutant to Emperor Alexander I. [1] Count Aminoff acted as Chairman when Armfelt was away from Saint Petersburg. [1] Armfelt passed away in 1814. [1] Count Aminoff acted again as chairman for a short period. [1]
The committee was highly influential during Armfelt's time. [1] After 1814 the committee was less influential. [1] In 1825, Emperor Nicholas I rose to power. Nicholas I decided to dismantle the committee. [1]
The committee was re-formed again when Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland. [1] The committee was dismantled again in 1891 by Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland Alexander III. [1]
Literature
- Schweitzer, Robert (1996). The Rise and Fall of the Russo-Finnish Consensus: The History of the "Second" Committee on Finnish Affairs in St. Petersburg (1857–1891). Hallintohistoriallisia tutkimuksia, 23. Helsinki: Commission on the History of Central Administration in Finland & Edita. ISBN 951-37-1878-6. ISSN 0786-7700.
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