Artturi Antero Niemelä (23 August 1923 – 11 April 2021) was a Finnish homesteader and politician. He was a member of the

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

, representing the

Finnish Rural Party The Finnish Rural Party (, SMP; , FLP) was an agrarian and populist political party in Finland. Starting as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959 as the Small Peasants' Party of Finland (Suomen Pientalonpoikien Puolue), the party ...

(SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the

Finnish People's Unity Party Finnish People's Unity Party (, SKYP) was a split from the Finnish Rural Party, Rural Party of Finland. The party was formed as some of the members of the parliamentary group of the Finnish Rural Party, Rural Party of Finland wanted to support ...

(SKYP) from 1972 to 1975. He was born in

Kemijärvi Kemijärvi (; ; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the sub-region of Eastern Lapland. History The first permanent settler inhabitant of Kemijärvi was Paavali Ollinpoika Halonen, who moved from the region of Oulu, fro ...

. He died in April 2021 at the age of 97.

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1923 births 2021 deaths Finnish military personnel of World War II Finnish People's Unity Party politicians Finnish Rural Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1970–1972) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1972–1975) People from Kemijärvi {{FinnsParty-politician-stub