Ellen Svinhufvud
| Ellen Svinhufvud | |
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| Photograph of Ellen Svinhufvud | |
| Born | Alma Ellen Timgren[1] 23 December 1869 Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Luumäki, Finland |
| Spouse(s) | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (m. 1889; d. 1944) |
Ellen Svinhufvud (née Timgren; 23 December 1869 — 24 August 1953)[2] was the wife of Finland's third president, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, serving as the First Lady of Finland from 1931 until 1937.[3]
She married Pehr Evind Svinhufvud in 1889, and the couple had six children.[3]
She was active in the women's paramilitary Lotta Svärd organisation, as well as in the Martha organisation.[3]
Her personal interests included various handicrafts, and she even had a loom installed in the Presidential Palace.[3] She was also a keen gardener, and skilled at looking after the family manor house and farm in Luumäki.[4][2]
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