Jussi Rainio (5 April 1878,

Maaria Maaria (''S:t Marie'' in Swedish) is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construct ...

- 10 May 1918,

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

) 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 The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

. After the 1918 Finnish Civil War, he was arrested by the Whites and murdered in the jail cell of the

Pori Old Town Hall Pori Old Town Hall is a former town hall located in Pori, Finland. It was completed in 1841 by the design of German architect Carl Ludvig Engel.

in May 1918. His sister

Aino Forsten Aina "Aino" Aleksandra Forsten, née Rainio (2 April 1885 – 27 November 1937), was a Finnish politician and educator. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party from 1916 to 1918. After the 1918 Finnish Civil ...

was also a member of the Parliament of Finland. She was later executed in the Soviet Union in 1937.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainio, Jussi 1878 births 1918 deaths People from Turku People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–13) People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) People executed by Finland by firing squad