Aimo Cajander

Aimo Kaarlo Cajander (April 4, 1879 in Uusikaupunki – January 21, 1943 in Helsinki) was, outside of botany, [ [http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0012-9658&volume=008&issue=01&page=0135 Cajander's Theory of Forest Types] Barrington Moore - Ecology: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 135–137.] best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War.

He was a professor of Forestry 1911–34; director-general for Finland's Forest and Park Service 1934–1943; prime minister in 1922, 1924, and 1937–1939; chairman of the National Progressive Party 1933–1943; and Member of Parliament .

Cajander's name is remembered for "Model Cajander", the fashion of many Finnish soldiers in Winter War: the army was poorly equipped, so a conscript man was given a utility belt, an emblem to be attached to the hat — to comply with the Hague Conventions — and, hopefully, a rifle. Otherwise, he had to use his own clothes and equipment.

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