Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Finland ta ayyana 'yancin kai daga abin da ya kasance Daular Rasha, a wancan lokacin ya 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. A
yakin basasa ya biyo baya, kuma bayan haka, yayin da aka cire Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Party mai goyon bayan jamhuriya daga majalisar dokoki kuma kafin a zartar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, an zabi Frederick zuwa kursiyin Finland a ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 1918.