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Lauri Nurminen
Lauri Nurminen (9 September 1906 – 20 February 2009) was a Finnish man who was the last known White Guard, and the last known surviving veteran from the Finnish Civil War.
Biography.
Lauri Nurminen served in the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War just after the war broke out in 1918, when he was barely 12 years old.
He died on 20 February 2009, at the age of 102. Aarne Arvonen was believed to be the last Finnish Civil War veteran at his death
Nurminen
Nurminen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Jari Nurminen (born 1961), Finnish racing driver
- Julius Nurminen (1887–1918), Finnish journalist and politician
- Kai Nurminen (born 1969), Finnish ice hockey player
- Lauri Nurminen (1906–2009), Finnish soldier
- Pasi Nurminen (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey player
- Simo Nurminen (born 1949), Finnish orienteer