Helena Elisabet Brander (5 July 1872 - 31 December 1953) was a Finnish teacher of handicraft, school director and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Young Finnish Party from May to December 1918 and the National Progressive Party from December 1918 to March 1919. She was born in Kitee, the younger sister of Augusta Laine and Uuno Brander and the elder sister of Akseli Brander. [1]
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.
The Parliament of Finland is the unicameral supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The Parliament consists of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years from 13 multi-member districts electing 7-36 using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition, there is one member from Åland.
The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland. It began as an upper-class reformist movement during the 1870s and formed as a political party in 1894.
Johan (Juho) Rikkonen was a Finnish bricklayer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). In 1918, during the Finnish Civil War, he sided with the Reds. He was made prisoner by White troops and shot in Viipuri in May 1918.
Augusta Ottilia Laine was a Finnish teacher of home economics and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Young Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Progressive Party from 1918 to 1919 and in 1922. She was the elder sister of Uuno, Helena and Akseli Brander. She was married to Johannes Laine.
Oskar Anshelm Sjöstedt-Jussila was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Party from 1911 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1925.
Johan Ernst Saari was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1913 until his death in 1918, representing the Finnish Party. During the Finnish Civil War, being a prominent supporter of the White side, he was arrested by Red Guards and shot in Tampere on 29 March 1918, as White troops were preparing to storm the city.
Jussi Rainio was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 to 1913, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland. After the 1918 Finnish Civil War, he was arrested by the Whites and murdered in the jail cell of the Pori Old Town Hall in May 1918.
Johannes (Juho) Lehmus was a Finnish shoemaker, smallholder and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 until his death in 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War, he sided with the Reds, was made prisoner by White troops and shot in Tampere on 6 April 1918.
Pekka Ahmavaara was a Finnish bank director and politician. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1894 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1916 and again from 1917 to 1919. He represented the Young Finnish Party until 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1919.
Eveliina Ala-Kulju was a Finnish schoolteacher, farmer's wife and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1910 and again from 1914 to 1919. She represented the Finnish Party until 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1919. Reino Ala-Kulju was her son.
Hedvig Maria Gebhard was a Finnish journalist and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Party from 1907 to 1909 and the National Coalition Party from 1919 to 1922 and again from 1924 to 1929. In 1922 she founded Kotiliesi, a family magazine.
Staffan (Tahvo) Kruus was a Finnish farmer, bank director and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1909 to 1910, representing the Finnish Party.
Staffan (Tahvo) Hiekkaranta was a Finnish tailor and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He was imprisoned from 1918 to 1919 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Abraham (Aapo) Harjula was a Finnish cooperative inspector and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1917 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He was imprisoned from 1918 to 1921 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Eero Erkko was a Finnish journalist and politician. He served as minister of social affairs from 27 November 1918 to 17 April 1919, minister of transport and public works from 17 April to 15 August 1919 and Minister of Trade and Industry from 15 August 1919 to 15 March 1920. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1894 to 1900 and again from 1905 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1919, representing the Young Finnish Party until 1918 and the National Progressive Party from 1918 to 1919.
Julius Ivar Nurminen was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He was imprisoned in 1918 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War. He died in detention at the Tammisaari prison camp.
Tyyne Siviä Salomaa was a Finnish seamstress and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917. During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, she sided with the Reds and after the defeat of the Red side went into exile in Soviet Russia. She joined the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and settled in the Karelian ASSR, where she worked as a teacher at a party school, as the director of an orphanage and in other functions. As one of the victims of the Great Purge, she was expelled from the Communist Party on 23 October 1937, arrested by the NKVD on 17 January 1938, sentenced to death and shot in Petrozavodsk on 26 February 1938. She was posthumously rehabilitated (exonerated) by Soviet authorities in 1957.
Anna (Anni) Henriikka Savolainen-Tapaninen was a Finnish seamstress, smallholder and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1918 and again from 1924 to 1927, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). She was imprisoned from 1918 to 1921 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Karl Gustaf Söderholm was a Finnish legal scholar and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 27 November 1918 to 15 August 1919, from 15 March to 28 June 1920 and from 4 July 1930 to 21 March 1931. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1904 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1913 and again from 1916 to 1917, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP). He served as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland from 1923 to 1929 and as the Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University from 1933 to 1941.
Edla Sofia Hjulgrén was a Finnish politician. She was married to a sawmill worker. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1913 to 1916, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War, she sided with the Reds and was made prisoner by White troops on 29 April 1918. She was sentenced to death and shot in Viipuri on 21 May 1918.
Kustaa Eemil Linna was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 22 December 1928 to 16 August 1929, Minister of Transport and Public Works from 14 December 1932 to 25 September 1936, Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 19 January 1934 to 25 September 1936 and again as Minister of Agriculture from 25 September to 7 October 1936.
August Hyöki was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917 and again from June 1918 to March 1919. He represented the Finnish Party until December 1918 and the National Coalition Party from then on.