About Elsa Karppinen
Lived 1901 – 1957 (aged 55). Elsa Karppinen was a Finnish politician and journalist.
Elsa Dagmar Karppinen (née Korhonen; 21 May 1901 - 30 April 1957) was a Finnish journalist and politician, born in Kemi. As an active communist at a time when the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) was still illegal, she was imprisoned three times for a total of 12 years before the SKP was legalised as a result of the Moscow Armistice of 19 September 1944. She was subsequently elected to the Parliament of Finland, where she represented the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) from 1945 to 1948.
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Who was Elsa Karppinen?
Finnish politician and journalist
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Elsa Karppinen was born on 21 May 1901.
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Elsa Karppinen died on 30 April 1957.
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Elsa Karppinen was a politician and journalist.
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Elsa Karppinen was Finnish.
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