From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Axel Lille
Axel Lille
Axel Johan Lille (28 March 1848, Helsinki – 28 June
1921) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and
politician and the main founder of the Swedish People’s
Party (Svenska folkpartiet, SFP) and its leader 1907–1917.
Lille was the first who publicly proposed Finnish inde-
pendence in his speech on April 9, 1902.
Lille was member of the Diet of Finland for the Estate
of Burghers 1885–1900 and member of Parliament of Fin-
land in 1917. He founder newspaper Vikingen, refounded
Nya Pressen and was its editor 1906–1914 and for its suc-
cessor Dagens Press.
Lille was a Social liberal and wished to include more
social reforms in SFP’s program than eventually was in-
cluded.
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Name Lille, Axel
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Date of birth 28 March 1848
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Date of death 28 June 1921
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Axel Lille.
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