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Edwin Johan Hildegard Linkomies (fino al 1928 con il cognome di Flinck; Viipuri, 22 dicembre 1894 – Helsinki, 8 settembre 1963) è stato un politico, latinista e lessicografo finlandese. Biografia. Fu primo ministro della Finlandia dal marzo 1943 all'agosto 1944.
Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies (22 December 1894 – 9 September 1963, until 1928 Edwin Flinck) was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union.
Edwin Johan Hildegard Linkomies oli Helsingin yliopiston Rooman kirjallisuuden professori, rehtori ja kansleri sekä suomalainen poliitikko ja pääministeri. Linkomiehen vaikutus sekä suomalaiseen tiedepolitiikkaan että valtakunnanpolitiikkaan on ollut merkittävä.
A legend in his own lifetime – Linkomies’ academic career. Edwin Linkomies had studied Latin at school, but it became his principal focus once he began his university studies, having matriculated in 1911. He studied diligently and efficiently, gaining his Master’s degree in November 1913.
Edwin Linkomies forged a career both as an academic and a politician. During a long tenure at the University of Helsinki he held the Chair of Roman Letters and the office of Rector. Linkomies had a considerable influence on Finnish academic policy, placing due emphasis on scholarly endeavour and cultural heritage.
Edwin Linkomies’ political career began in 1918 with the establishment of the National Coalition Party and he was appointed to the board of the Uusi Suomi newspaper, which backed the party. It was there that he got to know both the party’s and the newspaper’s ideological bent.
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