Samuel (Samuli) Häkkinen (28 August 1857 - 6 May 1918) was a Finnish schoolteacher and politician, born in

Saarijärvi Saarijärvi () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of ...

in the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1907 to 1908 and from 1913 until his death in 1918. During the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

, he sided with the

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, was taken prisoner by the White troops, indicted for treason and shot in Viipuri on 6 May 1918.

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