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About Juho Jännes
- Juho Kaarle Jännes (until 1906 Genetz), (28 July 1880 Hämeenlinna - 26 January 1964 Helsinki ) was a Finnish agricultural politician who served as the first chairman of the Finnish Agricultural Producers' Union in 1917 to 1918 and 1923-1955. The parents of Jännes were professor and senator Arvid Genetz and Julia Arppe.
- Genetz, fennoman used pen name Arvid Jännes and his children translated their last name to Jännes.
- Juho Jännes undergraduate from the Helsinki Finnish School in 1898 and studied physics and chemistry at the University of Helsinki.
- He graduated as a Bachelor of Philosophy and a Master's degree in 1903.
- Jännes became acquainted with agricultural sciences performing postgraduate studies in Germany.
- He inherited the estate of Ahtiala in Lohja, but he did not have any personal contact with the farm.
- Between 1908 and 1918 Jännes acted as the rector of Helsinki Agricultural Lyceum, for which he was called by Hannes Gebhard.
- In 1917 Jännes graduated as a Licentiate of Philosophy and later became a doctorate in the following year.
- Jännes was chairman of SOK from 1916 to 1917, when he failed to prevent the division of the co-operative movement.
- When the Finnish Federation of Agricultural Producers was founded in 1917, Jännes was elected as the first chairman of the delegation.
- The membership of the Organization was initially small and its influence was based on the expertise of management personnel.
- Jännes remained a relatively distant person to the members of Agricultural Producers' Union.
- At the start of the Finnish Foreign Service, Jännes was appointed to the 1918 Delegation Counselor and the Chairman of the Trade Commission in Berlin.
- Between 1919 and 1920 he served as envoy to Berlin.
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- Ståhlberg fired him after the arms trade deals between Finnish Ministry of War and Germany which had generated an encrypted scandal.
- After returning to Finland, Jännes founded a gardening and seedling store in the mansion of Ahtiala.
- Jännes returned to the leadership of the Agricultural Producers' Union's delegation in 1923.
- Since 1935, the chairman of the board was the title.
- He was also sometimes appointed as the Chief Executive of the Agricultural Board of Directors but was not assigned to the post.
- After the war, Agricultural Producers' Union and Jännes in its leadership were reluctant to surrender finished fields to the Karelian refugees.
- The Pellonraivaus Oy was founded in 1940 on the suggestion of the fence in order to promote the clearing of the new lands.
- After the war, the membership of the Agricultural Producers' Union expanded considerably and the operation became more brisk.
- Jännes did not give up on the chair until 1955.
- He also commissioned Agricultural Producers' Union's research on agriculture, served by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Agriculture (NBC) and was active in the farming industry.
- In addition to the agricultural organizations, Jännes had plenty of other trusts.
- He was a longtime chairman of the Board of Governors of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, chairman of the Board of the Laboratory for Agricultural Chemistry in 1939-1954 and was a member of the National Coalition Party's Party Confederation in 1929-1942.
- He was also one of the founders of Airam, who produced electricity lamps and chairman of the board of directors from 1921 to 1931 and again since 1948.
- Jännes received the title of professor in 1948.
- Juho Jännes was married to Toini Jännes, President of the Finnish Armed Forces Association, o.s.
- Liljeström (1884-1942).
- Their children were Heli Virkkunen, Professor Lauri Jännes, Garden Architect Jussi Jännes and printmaker Lea Ignatius..
- His brother was actor Paavo Jännes and his sister-in-law poet Saima Harmaja and a poet of his sister-in-law Saima Harmaja.
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