Arvo Salminen

Arvo Ilmari Salminen (5 August 1896, born in Pori – 26 July 1967, died in Helsinki) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician.[1] Salminen held a divinity degree as well as a law degree.

Arvo Salminen

He was a member of the National Coalition Party (Finland) and was the chairman of the party in 1946–1954. He served in Parliament in 1945–1948 and again in 1951–1958. He also served as Finnish Minister of Education in the caretaker government from 17 November 1953 to 5 May 1954.[2]

References

Ketola, Hanna-Maija (January 2004). "Teaching 'Correct' Attitudes: an Anglican Emissary to Sweden and Finland in 1944". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 55 (1): 75–101. doi:10.1017/S0022046903008947. ISSN 1469-7637.
Clerc, Louis (2023), Clerc, Louis (ed.), "Defining Finland's Cultural Diplomacy from Postwar to Cold War", Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War Finland: Identity, Geopolitics and the Welfare State, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 29–85, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12205-7_2, ISBN 978-3-031-12205-7, retrieved 2 March 2023

External links

Brief biography at Finnish Parliament website (in Finnish)
Brief biography at Vihti website (in Finnish)
Brief biography from Arno Forsius (in Finnish)

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[1] Ketola, Hanna-Maija (January 2004). "Teaching 'Correct' Attitudes: an Anglican Emissary to Sweden and Finland in 1944". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 55 (1): 75–101. doi:10.1017/S0022046903008947. ISSN 1469-7637.

[2] Clerc, Louis (2023), Clerc, Louis (ed.), "Defining Finland's Cultural Diplomacy from Postwar to Cold War", Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War Finland: Identity, Geopolitics and the Welfare State, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 29–85, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12205-7_2, ISBN 978-3-031-12205-7, retrieved 2 March 2023