Mikko Järvinen (20 September 1895 – 30 April 1953; original surname ''Kuorrejärvi'') was a Finnish politician, born in

Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the east of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Kangasala is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximat ...

. 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 ...

from 1945 until his death in 1953, representing the

Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League (, SKDL; , DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed due ...

(SKDL). He was a presidential elector in the

1950 Finnish presidential election Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1950, the first time the public had been involved in a presidential election since 1937 Finnish presidential election, 1937 as three non-popular elections had taken place in 1940 Finnish pr ...

. Järvinen was a member of the

Communist Party of Finland The Communist Party of Finland (, SKP; ) was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944. The SKP was banned by the state from its founding and did not participate in any elec ...

(SKP). He joined the party in 1926, when it was still illegal in Finland. He was imprisoned for a while in the 1930s for his political activities. The SKP was eventually legalized as a result of the

Moscow Armistice The Moscow Armistice was signed between Finland on one side and the Soviet Union and United Kingdom on the other side on 19 September 1944, ending the Continuation War. The Armistice restored the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940, with a number of modi ...

of 19 September 1944, six months before Järvinen was elected as a Member of Parliament.

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1895 births 1953 deaths People from Kangasala People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Communist Party of Finland politicians Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1945–1948) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–1951) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–1954) Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees Finnish people of World War II {{FinnishPeoplesDemocraticLeague-politician-stub