Matias Putkonen (4 March 1822, in

Kerimäki Kerimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality was unilingually Finni ...

– 26 February 1868, in

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) was a

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Lutheran priest and politician. He studied theology at the

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and was ordained a priest of the

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in 1848. Putkonen worked as a parish priest in Jaakkima from 1848 to 1855 and in Tuusula from 1855 until his death in 1868. He was elected Member of the

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in 1867.Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899
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1822 births 1868 deaths People from Kerimäki People from the Grand Duchy of Finland 19th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Members of the Diet of Finland University of Helsinki alumni {{Finland-politician-stub