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 The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party ( fi, Nuorsuomalainen Puolue or ) 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 ...

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 Augusta Ottilia Laine (née ''Brander''; 30 March 1867, Tampere - 16 August 1949) was a Finland, 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

Uuno Brander Uuno Edvard Brander (23 July 1870 - 13 July 1934) was a Finnish agronomist, civil servant, farmer and politician, born in Kitee. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 27 November 1918 to 17 April 1919 and as Deputy Minister of Agriculture fr ...

and the elder sister of

Akseli Brander Aksel (Akseli) Vilhelm Brander (18 April 1876 – 3 October 1958) was a Finnish agronomist, educationist, farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1933 to 1951, representing the Agrarian League. He was born in Kitee, ...

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