Hilja Pärssinen (13 July 1876, in
Halsua
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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of of which is water ...
– 23 September 1935, in née ''Lindgren'') was a
Finnish
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schoolteacher, poet, journalist and politician. She served as a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1918 and again from 1929 until her death in 1935. During the
Finnish Civil War
The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...
in 1918, she was a member of the
Finnish People's Delegation
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. After the defeat of the Red side, she fled at first to
Soviet Russia
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and then to
Estonia
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, from where she was extradited back to Finland in 1919 to receive a 12-year prison sentence for her role on the losing side of the Civil War. She was pardoned in 1923 and returned to politics.
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1876 births
1935 deaths
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