Facts: - death place: turku - president: juho kusti paasikivi - successor: urho kekkonen - party: swedish people 's party - death date: 16 may 1961 - predecessor: sakari tuomioja - office: prime minister of finland - term end: 20 october 1954 - term start: 5 may 1954 - birth date: 01 march 1899 - name: ralf torngren - image: ralf torngren.jpg - birth place: oulu Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ralf torngren .
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ralf johan gustaf torngren , -lrb- 1 march 1899 , oulu - 16 may 1961 , turku -rrb- , was a finnish politician .he was the party leader of the swedish people 's party -lrb- 1945 -- 1955 -rrb- , a member of the finnish parliament and the prime minister of finland 5 may-20 october 1954 .in the finnish presidential elections of 1956 , he won 20 electoral votes .a prize in his honor was founded in 2003 at the Abo akademi university in turku , finland .