Laura Irene Brander-Wallin (née ''Brander''; 5 April 1909 – 1 January 1994) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

seamstress and politician, born in

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 ...

. She 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 1948 to 1958 and again for a short time in 1962. She was at first a member of 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 ...

(SDP) and later of the

Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders ( fi, Työväen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto, TPSL) was a political party in Finland. TPSL originated as a fraction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, headed by Emil ...

(TPSL).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brander-Wallin, Laura 1909 births 1994 deaths People from Pori People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–51) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–54) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–58) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–62) 20th-century Finnish women politicians Women members of the Parliament of Finland