Seth Heikkilä (14 August 1863 – 27 July 1938) was a

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journalist, writer and politician, born in

Multia Multia is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The munic ...

. He was a Member of the

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from 1907 to 1909, from 1910 to 1911 and again from 1917 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). In 1918, he was imprisoned for having sided with the

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during the

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1863 births 1938 deaths People from Multia People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–08) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–11) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–19) People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Prisoners and detainees of Finland Finnish journalists Finnish writers Writers from Central Finland {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub