Aino Forsten | |
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Member of Finnish Parliament | |
In office 4 April 1917 – 16 May 1918 | |
Constituency | Turku Province North |
Personal details | |
Born | Maaria, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | 2 April 1885
Died | 27 November 1937 Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, USSR | (aged 52)
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Occupation | politician, educator |
Aina "Aino" Aleksandra Forsten, née Rainio (2 April 1885 – 27 November 1937), was a Finnish politician and educator. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party from 1916 to 1918.[1] After the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Forsten fled to the Soviet Union where she was executed during the Great Purge in 1937.