Word: louhisaari
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Gustaf grew up on the family estate at Louhisaari, of which Sophia's biographer wrote: "The ceiling of the Church salon is decorated with paintings depicting Admiral Klaus Fleming's sea battles, while the murals of the Devil's Chamber depict a mellower 18th-Century splendor. . . . The park and gardens are especially well planned and cared for. . . . Behind the park glittered the bay of the sea. . . . That this kind of childhood home engendered refinement and sensitivity to beauty in its inhabitants is natural...
...vengeance against the Reds still in prison. Finland was tired of war, sick of vengeance. On a platform of amnesty for the Reds, Professor K. J. Stahlberg was elected President by 143 Parliamentary votes to 50 for General Mannerheim. The hard-bitten soldier (he was 52 then) retired to Louhisaari, to be heard from often again...
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