Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line

The Paasikivi-Kekkonen line is president Urho Kekkonen's (1956-1981) realization and development of his predecessor's Paasikivi doctrine, aimed at Finland's survival as an independent sovereign democratic and capitalist country in the immediate proximity of the Soviet Union.

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President - Urho Kekkonen - 1956 - 1981 - Paasikivi doctrine - Finland - Sovereign - Democratic - Capitalist - Country - Soviet Union

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The principal architect of the post-1944 foreign policy of neutrality was J.K. Paasikivi, who was president from 1946 to 1956.

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1944 - Foreign policy - Neutrality - J.K. Paasikivi - 1946 - 1956

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Urho Kekkonen, president from 1956 until 1981, further developed this policy, stressing that Finland should be an active rather than a passive neutral.

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Urho Kekkonen - 1981

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