Armorial of the Presidents of Finland

== Arms of the Presidents of Finland==
Many of the Presidents of Finland have borne arms; either through inheritance or via membership in foreign [[orders of chivalry]]; in particular; the Swedish [[Order of the Seraphim]] and the Danish [[Order of the Dannebrog]]

==Arms of the Presidents of Finland==
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|[[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]], President of Finland, 1919-1925.

No arms known

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|[[Lauri Kristian Relander]], President of Finland, 1925-1931

''Sable three Ears of corn Or.''
Mantling: ''Azure doubled Argent''.

Crest: ''On a wreath Or and Sable a lance Or issuant and bearing a Banner with at the hoist a Canton Gules charged with the Finnish Lion surrounded with eight Roses Argent, the rest of the banner per fess Argent and Azure.''

Motto: ''Patriae Servio'' (Latin= I serve the Country).

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1925

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|Arms of [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]], President of Finland, 1931-1937

Ancestral arms:''Azure below a Star Or of six points, a Boar's Head Sable armed Argent and langued Gules''
Mantling: ''Azure doubled Or''.
Crest: ''Issuant from a wreath Or and Azure, three Peacock feathers Proper.''

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|Arms of [[Kyösti Kallio]], President of Finland, 1937-1940.

''Argent, the letter K Azure''

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1937

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|[[Risto Heikki Ryti]], President of Finland, 1940-1944.

No arms known.

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|Arms of [[Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim]], President of Finland, 1944-1946

Ancestral arms:''Divided by a Saltire Argent in chief Or charged with two Colours Azure each bearing below a open Crown two Arrows in Saltire all Or and in base Gules two Gun Barrels in saltire between four Gun Stones all Or, the dexter Flank Azure charged with a mount Or below a Mullet of five points Argent and the Sinister flank Azure charged with a Fortress Plan between two Mullets of six points all Argent.''

Crests:''Dexter five ostrich plumes alternating Azure and Or, the middle one charged with a lozenge Argent.
Sinister A Human Eye proper between two Wings Argent''

Mantling:''Dexter Azure doubled Argent and Sinister Azure doubled Or.''

Supporters:''Two Savages wreathed at the loins by an Oakleaf wreath Vert and bearing on their Heads open Helmets proper with as Crest three ostrich plumes Or, and holding in their exterior hands a wooden club proper.''

Motto: ''Candida Pro Causa Ense Candido'' (Latin:With an honourable sword for an honourable cause)

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|Arms of [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]], President of Finland, 1946-1956

''Azure a Mill-rind Argent''

Motto:''Isänmaan Puolesta'' (Finnish:For the Fatherland)

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] on 17 November 1950.

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|Arms of [[Urho Kaleva Kekkonen]], President of Finland, 1956-1982

''Vert a Fess OR the upper part of which is formed by a fir twig line''

Motto: ''Sitä Kuusta Kuuleminen'' (Finnish:Hear the sigh of that Fir)

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 2 October 1956

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|Arms of [[Mauno Koivisto]], President of Finland, 1982-1994

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1982.
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| Arms of [[Martti Ahtisaari]], President of Finland, 1994-2000
Argent, a pale Gules semy of Roses Argent

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] on 7 September 1994.

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| Arms of [[Tarja Halonen]], President of Finland, 2000-2012

''Per pale fleuretty Argent and Gules''

Motto: ''Yhtiesen Kansen Puolesta''

Adopted on her admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 1 March 2000.

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|Arms of [[Sauli Niinistö]], President of Finland, 2012–present

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 2012

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