Valdemar (Vladimir) Liljeström (26 February 1902 in

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– 11 November 1960, Geneve,

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) was a Finnish

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

activist and politician. He was at first a member of 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 ...

and, after 1959, of the

Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (, TPSL) was a political party in Finland. TPSL originated as a fraction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, headed by Emil Skog and Aarre Simonen. Skog was the former chairman of SDP and ...

. He served as the chairman of the

Metalworkers' Union The Metalworkers' Union (, Metalli) was a trade union representing workers in the metal industry in Finland. The first Metalworkers' Union in Finland was founded in 1899, but was banned in 1930. Later that year, a new Metalworkers' Union was fou ...

from 1947 until 1960, as Minister of Social Affairs in Karl-August Fagerholm's first cabinet (29 July 1948 - 4 March 1949), Deputy Minister of Public Works in Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's first cabinet (2 September 1957 - 28 November 1957), Minister of Social Affairs in Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet (26 April 1958 - 29 August 1958) and as a Member of Parliament (2 February 1955 - 11 November 1960).

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1902 births 1960 deaths Finnish trade unionists Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders politicians Ministers of social affairs of Finland Ministers of transport and public works of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–1958) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–1962) {{Finland-politician-stub