Karin Aino Mirjami (Kaisu-Mirjami) Rydberg (April 27, 1905 in

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– August 31, 1959 in

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) was a

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journalist, writer and politician. Politically she began her career in the

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, but later joined the

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. Rydberg used the aliases 'Karin Alm', 'Eino Jalas' and 'Utelias'.

Biography

She was born to Väinö Riippa and Iida Forsbacka. In 1931 she married Martti Rydberg. In 1939 Rydberg became a member of

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as a sitting MP,

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, died. In the parliament, she joined the splinter Socialist Parliamentary Group. As the other members of the Socialist Parliamentary Group, she was arrested and jailed in August 1941. Rydberg was freed on November 4, 1944. She was elected to parliament in the 1945 election, as a candidate of the

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. In the spring the same year, she joined the Communist Party.Leppänen, Veli-Pekka. ''Ohranasta oppositioon. Kommunistit Helsingissä 1944–1951'' (SKP:n Helsingin piirijärjestö 1994), p. 73 Rydberg was on the editorial board of ''

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'' 1944–1948. In 1948 she began working with the publication of the Finland-Soviet Union Association. 1956-1959 she was the literary director of ''Kansankulttuuri'' ('People's Culture') publishing house.

Works

* ''Kirjailijaryhmä Kiilan albumi I 1937'', by Viljo Kajava, Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg and Arvo Turtiainen. Kansankulttuuri 1937 * ''Häitä vaan : yksinäytöksinen näytelmä''. Sos.-dem. työläisnuorisoliitto, Helsinki 1938 (written under the alias 'Eino Jalas') * ''Vaella nuoruus'', signed 'Karin Alm'. Gummerus 1939 * Mukana myös kirjailijaryhmän Kiilan albumeissa III (1940), IV (1944) ja V (1948) * ''Alkukallio : runoja''. Tammi 1946 (signed 'Karin Alm') * ''Katselin Amerikkaa''. Tammi, 1946 * ''Kuussa : pakinaa Kuun (Pelakuun) menneisyydestä ja nykyisyydestä''. Kansankulttuuri 1952 (signed 'Utelias') * ''Katselin Kiinaa''. Kansankulttuuri 1959

References

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