Kaarlo Yrjö Räisänen (16 February 1888 – 18 June 1948) was a

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journalist and politician, born in Kuopio. He was a member of the

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from 1930 to 1941 and again from 1944 until his death in 1948, representing first the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and later the

Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League ( fi, Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto, SKDL; sv, Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic P ...

(SKDL). Räisänen was in prison for political reasons from 1941 to 1944. After he was freed, he joined the SKDL and the Socialist Unity Party (SYP), a member organisation of the SKDL. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

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1888 births 1948 deaths People from Kuopio People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Socialist Unity Party (Finland) politicians Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–33) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1933–36) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1936–39) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–45) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1945–48) Finnish people of World War II Prisoners and detainees of Finland Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub