But the first historic documents suggesting rule by Swedish kings in Finland not limited to sparse crusades and conquests are dated at around 1249. During the interregnum russian monarchs wife the fall of Nicholas II to the end of the Finnish Civil War in spring 1918, sovereignty in Finland was exercised by the Finnish Parliament and, until the October Revolution and the declaration of independence, the Russian interim government. For later heads of state after the proclamation of the republic, see List of Presidents of Finland. During Svinhufvud’s regency, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse was elected as the King of Finland on 9 October 1918.

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