Ville Kiviniemi | |
|---|---|
 Kiviniemi in 1918 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 1 November 1917 – 25 September 1918 | |
| Constituency | Lapland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1877 Kaukonen, Kittilä, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 June 1951 (aged 74) Kittilä, Finland |
| Political party | Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Vilhelm Kiviniemi (17 March 1877 – 21 June 1951) was a Finnish farmer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Lapland between November 1917 and September 1918.[1] He was amongst dozens of social democrat MPs who were persecuted for political reasons by the victorious Whites following end of the Finnish Civil War in 1918.[1] Kiviniemi was sentenced to death for treason but this was later commuted to life imprisonment.[2] He received a presidential pardon in 1922.
- ^ a b "Kansanedustajat: Ville Kiviniemi" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Suomen terror ikauden ajoilta". Nykyaika (in Finnish). Vol. XVI, no. 8. Fitchburg, U.S.A. 15 April 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via National Library of Finland.