Pro Finlandia 1899.

Pro Finlandia 1899.

The coat of arms of
Grand Duchy of Finland.

Petitions

Pays - Countries:Allemagne - Germany 
France 
Grande-Bretagne - Great Britain
Italie - Italy
Suède - Sweden

Signataires - Signers

Pays - Countries:Allemagne - Germany 
Autriche - Austria
Belgique

adresse flamande - in Flemish

adresse française - in French
Danemark - Denmark
France
Grande-Bretagne - Great Britain
Italie - Italy
Holland - Holland
Hongrie - Hungary
Norvège - Norway
Suède - Sweden
Suisse - Switzerland
Go to the report.

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Members of the deputation
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Pro Finlandia.

A deputation representing 1,050 European learned men and prominent people tried to leave to the Czar the addresses supporting Finland's campaign to preserve her assured constitutional rights (i.e. changes in legislation need the consent of the Finnish Diet). The Czar did not admit an audience to the deputation. They wrote a report about their experiences at St. Petersburg in Stockholm on the 5th of July, 1899.Pictures of the address: Britain (128K, notice Florence Nightingale), France (134K, notice Emile Zola, Anatole France), Holland (365K).

Right after the Czar's manifesto of the 3rd of February, 1899, an address of 523,000 names was gathered in Finland. A delegation of 500 people travelled in March to St. Petersburg to leave the address to the Czar. He did not admit an audience to the delegation. He, however, sent a message to them saying that "he is not angry".Signers: The names those under a particular 'Fol.' have written their names on the same copy of the address.

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Texts of the reports, lists of signers and the coat of arms are from the book "Pro Finlandia 1899." Commission chez Otto Mertz, Berlin. Printed in Stockholm 1899.

The London Library

Celebrating today's 100th anniversary of Finnish independence with our copy (generously donated to us this year by the Anglo-Finnish Society) of "Pro Finlandia" - the landmark international petition presented to Tsar Nicholas II in 1899 in support of Finland's growing demands for independence. Over 1,000 signatories - including Emile Zola, Florence Nightingale and The London Library member Herbert Spencer - joined forces to put their name to the cause, championed at the International Peace Conference held that year in Stockholm.
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