Väinö Gabriel Kivilinna (13 October 1875,

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

- 18 March 1950; surname until 1906 ''Borg'') was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

secondary school teacher,

temperance movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emph ...

activist and politician. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

, representing the

Finnish Party The Finnish Party ( fi, Suomalainen Puolue) was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position ...

from 1907 to 1909 and the Agrarian League from 1922 to 1924.

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1875 births 1950 deaths People from Turku People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Party politicians Centre Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–1909) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1922–1924) University of Helsinki alumni Finnish temperance activists {{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub