Lieutenant Colonel Gustaf Arthur Aspelin (2 February 1868 - 22 September 1949) was an officer in the

Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire as the Grand Duchy of Finland. Between 1881 and 1901 the Grand Duchy had its own army. Before that several other military units had also been formed. The Grand Duchy inher ...

, in the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

and in the

Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defence Forces ( fi, Puolustusvoimat, sv, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime the Finnish Border Guard (which i ...

, a lawyer and a politician. Aspelin was born, in

Lestijärvi Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland. There is also the Lake Lestijärvi in the area. Lestijärvi is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of (), which ma ...

. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and 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 ...

from 1922 to 1924, representing the National Progressive Party.

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1868 births 1949 deaths People from Lestijärvi People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1922–24) Imperial Russian Army officers Finnish officers University of Helsinki alumni Finnish people from the Russian Empire {{Finland-bio-stub