Misplaced Pages

Väinö Havas

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Väinö Havas" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Finnish Lutheran pastor and politician (1898–1941)
Väinö Rafael Havas
Born15 August 1898
Lempäälä, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died21 August 1941 (aged 43)
Ladoga Karelia, Soviet Union
Cause of deathKilled in action
NationalityFinnish
Occupation(s)Lutheran pastor, politician
OfficeMember of the Parliament of Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party

Väinö Rafael Havas (15 August 1898 – 21 August 1941; surname until 1906 Örling) was a Finnish Lutheran pastor and politician, born in Lempäälä. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1939 to 1941, representing the National Coalition Party. He was a presidential elector in the 1937 and 1940 presidential elections. Havas participated in the Finnish Civil War of 1918 of the White side. Even though he was a Member of Parliament, he volunteered to serve as a reserve officer both in the Winter War of 1939–1940 and later in the Continuation War. He was killed in action on 21 August 1941.

References

  1. "Eduskunta - kansanedustajat". Eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
Stub icon

This article about a National Coalition Party politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Väinö Havas Add topic