Elli Stenberg

Ellen Aleksandra Stenberg (17 March 19036 July 1987) was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), she represented Häme Province North between April 1945 and April 1966. Prior to being elected, she was imprisoned for twelve years for political reasons. She was the daughter of coachman Frans Oskar Stenberg and seamstress Hilma Aleksandra Pataniitty. She and other female political prisoners were kept in harsh conditions at Häme Castle.

After being released, Stenberg was a fur worker in Helsinki from 1937 to 1939. She was given an additional six-month sentence for violating her parole. Following the defeat of the Finnish fascists by the Allies in 1944, the SKP was legalised and all political prisoners released in accordance with the Moscow Armistice. Stenberg was released in September 1944 and her civic rights restored. She was re-elected at the 1948, 1951, 1954, 1958 and 1962 parliamentary elections. She was a presidential elector at the 1950, 1956 and 1962 presidential elections.