Kaarlo Aleksanteri (Santeri) Haapanen (23 December 1877 - 25 April 1957) was a

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schoolteacher and farmer, born in

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. He was a member of the

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, representing the

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from 1909 to 1911 and the Agrarian League from 1916 to 1919.

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