Editing Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (section)

==Family background and early life==
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad was born in [[Sääksmäki]]. He was the son of Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad II, a sea captain, and Olga von Becker. His father drowned at sea off [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]] in 1863, when Pehr Evind was only two years old. He spent his early childhood at the home of his paternal grandfather, [[Per Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad]] (a provincial treasurer of [[Tavastia (historical province)|Häme]]), at Rapola, where the family had lived for five generations. The [[Svinhufvud (family)|Svinhufvuds]] (literally translated as "[[Domestic pig|Swine]]-head")<ref>{{cite news|title=Finland: Wet Threats|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 December 1931}}</ref> are a [[Swedish-speaking population of Finland|Finland-Swedish]] noble family tracing their history back to [[Dalarna]], [[Sweden]]. Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, an army lieutenant in the reign of [[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles XII]], had moved from there to Rapola after the [[Great Northern War]]. The family had been ennobled in Sweden in 1574, and it was also introduced to the [[Finnish House of Nobility]] in 1818. Rapola was sold when his grandfather shot himself in 1866, and Svinhufvud moved to [[Helsinki]] with his mother and his sister.

He attended the [[Swedish language|Swedish-language]] high school in Helsinki. In 1878, at the age of 16, he enrolled at the [[University of Helsinki|Imperial Alexander University of Helsinki]]. There he gained a [[Bachelor's degree]] in 1881, and then completed a [[Master's degree|Master of Arts degree]] in 1882; his main subjects being Finnish, Russian and Scandinavian History. After this, he took a Master of Laws degree, graduating in 1886. In 1889, Svinhufvud married Alma ([[Ellen Svinhufvud|Ellen]]) Timgren (1869–1953). They had six children, Yngve (1890–1991), Ilmo Gretel (1892–1969), Aino Mary (1893–1980), Eino (1896–1938), Arne (1904–1942), and Veikko (1908–1969).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/501 |title=Svinhufvud, Pehr Evind (1861–1944) |last=Häikiö |first=Martti |translator-last=Roderick |translator-first=Fletcher |website=[[National Biography of Finland]] |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>