Talk:Mauno Koivisto/Archive 1

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There has to be a better way to put this paragraph:

After the war Koivisto became active in politics, joined the Social Democratic party and worked as a dockworker's representative. In 1949, he organized left-wing resistance against communist strike agitators who tried to take over the dockworker's union and indirectly threatened the stability of the government of K. A. Fagerholm.

Was it the agitators who threatened the government? It's not at all clear. KJ


 * Yes they were. Koivisto was a moderate leftist, and Fagerholm's government was centrist-leftist. The communists' post-war attempts to turn the country into a People's Democracy were often stalled or halted by the (parliamentary) Social Democrats. But as of now, I can't think of any sensible way to put that paragraph. Psytron 21:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Koivisto and Nintendo
I recall seeing this in a MikroBITTI news section in the nineties. Alas, I can't be more specific than that, but at least it's not made up. --Kizor 01:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I remember it too. The magazine cites Koivisto as saying Ice Climber is his favourite game. I doubt he plays video games any more, though. J I P  | Talk 20:22, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Mauno Koivisto's heart problems
It has been mentioned in the Finnish press that Mauno Koivisto has been hospitalised because of heart problems last weekend. See for example the Ilta-Sanomat website: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=2022050 J I P  | Talk 18:23, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Koivisto and the Continuation War
Is Mauno Koivisto the only Finnish president to have fought in the Continuation War? As far as I can see, presidents from Ståhlberg to Kekkonen were already very old by then and either needed in central politics, not fit for active duty any more, or both. Martti Ahtisaari was four years old, and Tarja Halonen hadn't even been born yet. J I P | Talk 14:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Mannerheim, who was the sixth president of Finland naturally "fought" in the Continuation War, being the Commander-in-Chief of armed forces and a general/field marshal. However, only president Koivisto saw any front line action. JJohannes (talk) 00:22, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Mauno Koivisto to break a new record
On July 20, 2011, if Mauno Koivisto is still alive, he will become the oldest living president in Finnish history, surpassing Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, who lived for 87 years, 7 months and 25 days. J I P | Talk 08:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Today is July 20, 2011, and Mauno Koivisto is still alive. He has therefore now become the oldest living president in Finnish history. Hooray! J I P  &#124; Talk 06:08, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Misleading into paragraph
The article's current intro paragraph reads as follows:
 * Mauno Henrik Koivisto (born  November 25, 1923) was the ninth President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 1979–1982. He was the first Social Democrat to be elected as President.

Notice that every single sentences is in the past sense. Mauno Koivisto is still alive! Given his advanced age, he'll probably die in less than a decade anyway, but that doesn't matter. At the moment, he is still alive, and the intro paragraph should point this out immediately even to readers with no previous knowledge of Finnish politics, or of Finland, or even of Europe at all. J I P &#124; Talk 18:28, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * None of this applies any more, sadly, as Mauno Koivisto is now dead. J I P  &#124; Talk 20:32, 14 May 2017 (UTC)