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Yrjö Koskelainen (23 April 1885 – 30 April 1951) was a Finnish journalist, writer, business executive and politician, born in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. Koskelainen began his political career in the
Young Finnish Party The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party ( or ) was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland. It began as an upper-class reformist movement during the 1870s and formed as a political party in 1894. ...
. 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 1931 to 1933, representing the
National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...
. He was a presidential elector in the
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,
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and
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presidential elections. Koskelainen was a contributor to Finnish language literary and cultural magazine
Valvoja ''Valvoja'' ( Finnish: ''Observer'') was a Finnish language literary and cultural magazine that existed between 1880 and 1922. History and profile ''Valvoja'' was launched in 1880 by a group of individuals who would become prominent academics an ...
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1885 births 1951 deaths Writers from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Young Finnish Party politicians National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–1933) Finnish journalists 20th-century Finnish businesspeople People of the Finnish Civil War (White side) {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub