Henrik Ramsay
| Henrik Ramsay | |
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| Foreign Minister of Finland | |
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In office 4 March 1943 – 8 August 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Rolf Witting |
| Succeeded by | Carl Enckell |
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| Born | 31 March 1886 Helsinki |
| Died | 25 July 1951 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Swedish People's Party |
| Occupation | economist |
Carl Henrik Wolter Ramsay (born 31 March 1886 in Helsinki, died 25 July 1951 in Visby) was a Finnish politician and an economist from the Swedish People's Party. He belonged to a Scottish noble family emigrated to Finland in the 16th century and he was one of the few in Finland entitled to use the title Sir, however, Ramsay did not use the title.
Henrik Ramsay completed his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1909 at Helsinki University and worked after graduating as a sugar chemist in Russia and afterwards as a director of a sugar refinery in Helsinki.
Finland's independence in the early years Ramsay was the President and CEO of Finnish Steamship Corporation between 1920 and 1946 and again from 1948 to 1951. He was also the chairman of the board 1934-1946. He was the minister of public maintenance in Jukka Rangell's cabinet and minister of the foreign affairs in the Edwin Linkomies' cabinet during the Continuation War 1943-1944.
Ramsay was sentenced to prison for 2.5 years (1946–1947) in the War-responsibility trials.
His father was statesman August Ramsay and his mother was Jully Ramsay, a historian.
Minister Ramsay was a versatile actor in the Finnish society since the 1910s. Ramsay was a member of the central committee of the Swedish People's Party from 1917 to 1935, of which the period 1922-1935 he was the party's deputy chairman. However, he is relatively unknown in spite of serving as the minister of foreign affairs from 1943-1944. Ramsay is mostly remembered for the fact that he was sentenced in the War-responsibility trials in 1946. He hardly appeared in public anymore following his release from prison.
Ramsay's attitudes and opinions were often same as those of Mannerheim. It was due to the fact that Ramsay and the Marshal had a close relationship. Both had similar perceptions of the situation and its requirements. After the Armistice, Mannerheim as the President of the Republic wanted Ramsay to be his Prime Minister. However, the Swedish People's Party prevented his premiership.
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