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Finland was part of Sweden 700 hundred years before it came under the rule of Russia, from 1809 to 1917. The historical background of Finnish civil service lies in the strengthening of the Swedish monarchy in the sixteenth century (Tiihonen and Ylikangas 1992). The top positions on the collegial boards were held by aristocrats, with no formal qualifications required.

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  1. Turo Virtanen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, USA

    Montgomery Van Wart (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium

    Annie Hondeghem (Professor) (Professor)

  3. School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    Erwin Schwella (Professor of Public Leadership) (Professor of Public Leadership)

  4. USA

    Paul Suino (Independent scholar) (Independent scholar)

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Virtanen, T. (2015). Finland. In: Van Wart, M., Hondeghem, A., Schwella, E., Suino, P. (eds) Leadership and Culture. Governance and Public Management Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137454133_11

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