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Anna Laura Härmä (née ''Numminen''; 4 October 1891 – 2 May 1952) was a Finnish trade union functionary and politician. She was born in
Urjala Urjala (; , also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near the town of Forssa. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density Population density (in ...
. She 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
Socialist Workers' Party of Finland Socialist Workers' Party of Finland () was a Finnish political party in the early 1920s. The SSTP consisted of radical leftists who split from the Social Democratic Party of Finland after the Finnish Civil War of 1918. The banned Communist Party ...
(SSTP) from 1922 to 1923 and the
Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland ( , SDP, nicknamed: ''demarit'' in Finnish; , SD) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third-largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats. Founded in 1899 as ...
(SDP) from 1941 to 1944. When the SSTP was banned in 1923, she was imprisoned on sedition charges. She was later active in the Left Group of Finnish Workers, and in the Social Democratic Party of Finland after that.Eduskunta
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1891 births 1952 deaths People from Urjala People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Socialist Workers Party of Finland politicians Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees Left Group of Finnish Workers politicians Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919–1922) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–1945) Women members of the Parliament of Finland Finnish people of World War II {{Finland-politician-stub