Martta Helena Salmela-Järvinen (born ''Hellstedt'', 31 March 1892,
Kylmäkoski - 16 September 1987) was a
Finnish politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and writer. At first she was 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 ...
and, after 1959, of the
Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1 September 1939 to 4 April 1966.
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1892 births
1987 deaths
People from Akaa
People from Häme 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 (1939–1945)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1945–1948)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–1951)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–1954)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–1958)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–1962)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1962–1966)
Finnish people of World War II
20th-century Finnish women politicians
Women members of the Parliament of Finland