Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Finland ta ayyana 'yancin kai daga abin da ya kasance Daular Rasha, a wancan lokacin da aka shiga cikin yakin basasa na Rasha, a ranar 6 ga Disamba 1917. A lokacin da aka ayyana 'yancin kai, masu mulkin mallaka sun kasance' yan tsiraru a majalisar dokokin Finland, kuma an ayyana Finland a matsayin jamhuriya. Yaƙin basasa
ya biyo baya, kuma bayan haka, yayin da aka cire Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Party ta jam'iyyar Republican daga majalisar dokoki kuma kafin a amince da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, an zabi Frederick zuwa kursiyin Finland a ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 1918.