Editing Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (section)

==Legacy==

[[File:Mannerheim Memorial in Montreux dedication.jpg|thumb|upright|Mannerheim Memorial in [[Montreux]], [[Switzerland]], next to [[Lake Geneva]]]]

Today, Mannerheim retains respect as Finland's greatest [[wikt:statesman|statesman]]. This may be partly due to his refusal to enter partisan politics (although his sympathies were more right-wing than left-wing), his claim always to serve the fatherland without selfish motives, his personal courage in visiting the front lines, his ability to work diligently into his late seventies, and his foreign political farsightedness in preparing for the Soviet invasion of Finland years before it occurred.<ref name="Virkkunen"/> Although Finland fought alongside Nazi Germany during the Continuation War and thus in co-operation with the [[Axis Powers]], a number of leaders of the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] still respected Mannerheim. These included, among others, the then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]]; at a 2017 conference in [[London]], war historian [[Terry Charman]] said it was difficult for Churchill to declare war on Finland at Stalin's demand due to his previous uncomplicated co-operation with Mannerheim, which led Churchill and Mannerheim to exchange polite and apologetic correspondence about the prevailing circumstance, with deep respect for each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/churchill-mannerheim-todellinen-mies-vahva-kuin-kallionjarkale/|title=Churchill kehui Mannerheimia: "Todellinen mies – vahva kuin kallionjärkäle"|first=Marjo|last=Cunningham|work=[[Suomen Kuvalehti]]|date=November 5, 2017|access-date=December 19, 2020|language=fi}}</ref>
[[File:Mannerheim hunting house.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Marshal's Cabin]], Mannerheim's hunting lodge]]
Mannerheim's birthday, 4 June, is celebrated as Flag Day by the [[Finnish Defence Forces]]. This decision was made by the Finnish government on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 1942, when he was also granted the title of [[Field marshal (Finland)|Marshal of Finland]]. Flag Day is celebrated with a national parade, and rewards and promotions for members of the defence forces. The life and times of Mannerheim are memorialised in the [[Mannerheim Museum]].<ref name=Museum/> The most prominent boulevard in the Finnish capital was renamed [[Mannerheimintie]] (Mannerheim Road) already in the Marshal's honour during his lifetime; along the road, at the [[Kamppi|Kamppi district]], stands [[Hotel Marski]], which is named after him. Mannerheim's former [[hunting cabin|hunting lodge]] and resting place known as the "[[Marshal's Cabin]]" (''Marskin Maja''), which now serves as both a museum and a restaurant, is located at the shores of Lake Punelia in [[Loppi]], Finland.<ref>[http://www.visitloppi.com/en/index.php?sivu=yritykset/marskin_maja "Marskin Maja" lodge – Häme Lake Uplands – Visit Loppi]</ref>

Various landmarks across Finland honour Mannerheim, including most famously the [[Equestrian statue of Marshal Mannerheim|Equestrian statue]] located on Helsinki's Mannerheimintie in front of the later-built [[Kiasma]] museum of modern art. Mannerheim Parks in both [[Turku]] and [[Seinäjoki]] include statues of him. [[Tampere]]'s Mannerheim statue depicting the victorious Civil War general of the Whites was eventually placed in the forest some kilometres outside the city (in part due to lingering controversy over Mannerheim's Civil War role). Other statues, for examples, were erected in [[Mikkeli]] and [[Lahti]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=625 | title=Mannerheim, Gustaf (1867–1951) President of Finland, Marshal of Finland | author=Matti Klinge |author-link=Matti Klinge |translator=Roderick Fletcher | publisher=Biografiakeskus | access-date= 12 September 2013}}</ref> On 5 December 2004, Mannerheim was voted the greatest Finnish person of all time in the [[Suuret suomalaiset]] (Great Finns) contest.<ref name="Suuret suomalaiset"/>

From 1937 to 1967, at least five different Finnish postage stamps or stamp series were issued in honour of Mannerheim; and in 1960 the United States honoured Mannerheim as the "Liberator of Finland" with regular first-class domestic and international stamps (at the time four cents and eight cents respectively) as part of its Champions of Liberty series that included other notable figures such as [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Simon Bolivar]].<ref name="Mannerheim.fi Stamps Special Topics">{{cite web|url=http://www.mannerheim.fi/13_erity/e_postim.htm|title=MANNERHEIM – Special Topics – Stamps|website=www.mannerheim.fi}}</ref><ref name="Arago People, Postage and the Post – Rod Juell">{{cite web |date=12 December 2008 |title=8-cent Mannerheim |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1980.2493.5352 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="Gandhi Philately Study Circle">{{cite web | url=http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/03/50th-anniversary-of-usa-mahatma-gandhi.html | title=50th Anniversary USA Champions of Liberty Mahatma Gandhi Stamp | date=9 March 2011 | access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref>

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File:Mannerheim-50p-1941.jpg|1941 Finnish postal stamp portraying the then-[[Field marshal (Finland)|Field Marshal]] Mannerheim (he was appointed Marshal of Finland in 1942).
File:Baron Karl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, 4c & 8c,1960 issues.jpg|Marshal Mannerheim on two United States [[commemorative stamps]], 1960 issue, part of the [[Champion of Liberty commemorative stamps|Champion of Liberty issues]].
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Mannerheim appears as a main character in [[Ilmari Turja]]'s 1966 play and its the 1970 film adaptation ''[[The Headquarters (film)|The Headquarters]]'', directed by [[Matti Kassila]]. In both the play and the film, Mannerheim was played by [[Joel Rinne]].<ref>[https://www.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_117799 Päämaja – Finna.fi] (in Finnish)</ref> Mannerheim was also played by [[Asko Sarkola]] in the 2001 [[television film]] ''Valtapeliä elokuussa 1940'', directed by Veli-Matti Saikkonen.<ref>[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0304883/ Valtapeliä elokuussa 1940 (TV Movie 2001) – IMDb]</ref>