Merikukka Forsius (born August 12, 1972, in
Helsinki) is a
Finnish politician and former member of the
Finnish Parliament, representing the centre-right
National Coalition Party (Kokoomus). She was first elected to parliament in 1999 from the Finnish
Green League, but defected to National Coalition Party in 2008. She has also been a member of the city council of
Vihti from 1997 to 2003.
Forsius has a
master's degree in
education from the
University of Turku. She has been married twice, and has two sons: Dan (born 2004) and Jim (born 2008). Her second husband was
Harry Harkimo, and he is the father of her first son, Dan. Forsius and Harkimo divorced after Dan's birth. Forsius was involved with prime minister
Matti Vanhanen during spring and summer 2007. In September 2007 she got engaged to Vihti municipal manager Petri Härkönen, but they split up in November. Their son, Jim, was born in spring 2008. Forsius currently lives in
Vihti with her sons. In 2014 it was announced that Forsius got engaged to a female teacher.
References
External links
Personal website
1972 births
Living people
Politicians from Helsinki
Green League politicians
National Coalition Party politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11)–
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
21st-century Finnish women politicians
Finnish LGBT politicians
Bisexual politicians
Bisexual women
LGBT legislators
LGBT conservatism
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