Axel Lille

Axel Johan Lille (28 March 1848, Helsinki – 28 June 1921) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, lawyer and politician. He is best known for founding the Swedish People's Party (Svenska folkpartiet, SFP) and acting as its chairman 1906–1917. Lille was the first who publicly proposed Finnish independence in his speech on April 9, 1902. He was editor-in-chief at Nya Pressen (which merged with Dagens tidning in 1914) from 1883 to 1917, with a short break from 1900–1906 when the newspaper was not published.

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