Karl Leander Ikonen (14 October 1860, in Joroinen – 27 April 1918, in Viipuri) was a Finnish

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and politician. He was a member of the

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from 1916 to 1917, representing the Finnish Party. In 1918, during the

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, being a prominent supporter of the

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, he was arrested by Red Guards and shot in Viipuri on 27 April 1918, as White troops were preparing to storm the city.

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