Knut Ernst Robert Tandefelt (died 1948) was a Finland-Swedish nobleman. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... ...

The mentally unstable Tandefelt shot the Finnish Minister of Internal Affairs Heikki Ritavuori dead at Ritavuori's home door at Nervanderinkatu 11 in Etu-Töölö, Helsinki on February 14, 1922 to affect Finland's politics in the Kindred Nations Wars (heimosodat) taking place in Eastern Karelia. The event was the only murder of a government minister and the only political assassination in the entire history of independent Finland. Heikki Ritavuori, originally Rydberg (born 23 March 1880 in Turku, died 14 February 1922 in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician in the Progressive party and minister of internal affairs. ... Töölö as seen from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium tower Töölö is a district of Helsinki, Finland. ... Founded 1550 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Portrait by Bolsheviks Finnic wars (in Finnish: Heimosodat) were conflicts, in which Finnish volunteers took part between 1918 and 1922. ... The Republic of Karelia (Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ...

Tandefelt has often been suspected of having acted because of an extreme right-wing conspiracy, but there is no binding evidence of the matter. Tandefelt himself said he acted alone. Look up Conspiracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Conspiracy, as a legal term, is an agreement of two or more people either to commit a crime or to achieve a lawful end by unlawful means: see conspiracy (crime), and conspiracy (civil). ...

Tandefelt was sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor. Later, the Supreme Court of Finland ordered him to mental health examination. Tandefelt was found to be partially legally insane and the sentence was lowered to 12 years of hard labor. Tandefelt died in the Nikkilä mental hospital in 1948. Life ; many countries have a maximum possible period of time a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the possibility of parole after a set amount of time. ... Penal labour or penal servitude is a form of unfree labour. ... The Supreme Court of Finland, Finnish: Korkein oikeus, Swedish: Högsta domstolen, located in Helsinki, consists of a President and 18 other Justices, usually working in five-judge panels. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called at various places and times, mental hospital, mental ward, asylum or sanitarium) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ...

External links

• Risto Niku: Ministeri Ritavuoren murha
• Edita: Minister shot dead at his home door in 1922 - The background of Heikki Ritavuori's murder