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On his return to
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in 1906, and
Nordenstam served as its Lord Marshal (speaker) at three consecutive sessions: 1863–64, 1867 and 1872. He led a committee which prepared constitutional reforms that came into effect in 1869. He also presided over the construction of the
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Despite his long tenure as "Prime
Minister", Nordenstam remains a relatively obscure figure in Finnish history. Study of him is made more difficult by the fact that he destroyed a large part of his personal archive before his death.
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