Urho Castrén

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title: "Urho Castrén" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1886-births", "1965-deaths", "politicians-from-jyväskylä", "people-from-vaasa-province-(grand-duchy-of-finland)", "national-coalition-party-politicians", "prime-ministers-of-finland", "ministers-of-justice-of-finland", "chancellors-of-justice-of-finland", "world-war-ii-political-leaders"] description: "Prime minister of Finland in 1944" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urho_Castrén" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Prime minister of Finland in 1944 ::

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Field	Value
name	Urho Castrén
image	Urho Castrén.jpg
office	18th Prime Minister of Finland
term_start	21 September 1944
term_end	17 November 1944
president	C. G. E. Mannerheim
predecessor	Antti Hackzell
successor	Juho K. Paasikivi
office2	Minister of Justice
term_start2	31 December 1925
term_end2	13 December 1926
primeminister2	Kyösti Kallio
predecessor2	Oskar Lilius
successor2	Väinö Hakkila
birth_name	Urho Jonas Castrén
birth_date
birth_place	Jyväskylä, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
death_date
death_place	Helsinki, Finland
party	National Coalition
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Urho Castrén | honorific-suffix = | image = Urho Castrén.jpg | imagesize = | smallimage = | caption = | order = | office = 18th Prime Minister of Finland | term_start = 21 September 1944 | term_end = 17 November 1944 | president = C. G. E. Mannerheim | predecessor = Antti Hackzell | successor = Juho K. Paasikivi | office2= Minister of Justice | term_start2= 31 December 1925 | term_end2= 13 December 1926 | primeminister2= Kyösti Kallio | predecessor2= Oskar Lilius | successor2= Väinö Hakkila | birth_name= Urho Jonas Castrén | birth_date = | birth_place = Jyväskylä, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | death_date = | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | nationality = | party = National Coalition | spouse = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = Urho Jonas Castrén (30 December 1886, in Jyväskylä – 8 March 1965, in Helsinki) was a judge, serving for 27 years as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland. During the constitutional crisis of 1944, Castrén, representing the National Coalition Party, became Prime Minister of Finland briefly.

Biography

Urho Jonas Castrén was born 30 December 1886, in Jyväskylä to Johannes Castrén and Amanda Ulrika Jussilainen. He attended the Lyceum of Jyväskylä, completing his classics studies in 1904 and earning a legal degree in 1907. He took his Master of Laws in 1910 and obtained a degree in rights in 1912. Between 1918 and 1927 he taught at the Agriculture and Forestry division and Political Science Department of the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki as a specialty teacher.

He joined the law firm of Jonas Castrén and worked as an assistant from 1913 to 1914. In 1914, he became a legal counselor and a member of the Helsinki City Court, where he remained until 1917 when he transferred to the Residential Tax Assessor's office. He served on the assessor's Board of Directors between 1917 and 1922. Castrén entered the judiciary in 1922 first serving as Saarijärven judicial district judge until 1926, then as Deputy Chancellor of Justice between 1926 and 1928; Chancellor of Justice from 1928 to 1929; and finally as President of the Supreme Administrative Court from 1929 to 1956.

He was also Minister of Justice from December 1925 to December 1926.

Castrén formed a coalition government after Antti Hackzell became incapacitated. The main task of his government was enforcing the Moscow Armistice.

Castrén was the father of theologian Inga-Brita Castrén.

Cabinets

• Urho Castrén Cabinet

References

|title=Prime Minister of Finland |before=Antti Hackzell |years=1944 |after=Juho Kusti Paasikivi

References

1. "Castrén, Urho (1886 - 1965)". Kansallisbiografia.
2. (August 2025). "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto }}{{Dead link.
3. "Castrén, Urho Joonas". Porvarillisen Työn Arkisto.
4. "Historia – Oikeuskanslerinvirasto".
5. "Council of State - Ministers of Justice". Valtioneuvosto.fi.

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