Matias Putkonen (4 March 1822, in

Kerimäki Kerimäki is a former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savoni ...

– 26 February 1868, in

Tuusula Tuusula (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, ...

) was a Finnish Lutheran priest and politician. He studied theology at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

and was ordained a priest of the

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in 1848. Putkonen worked as a parish priest in Jaakkima from 1848 to 1855 and in Tuusula from 1855 until his death in 1868. He was elected Member of the

Diet of Finland The Diet of Finland (Finnish language, Finnish ''Suomen maapäivät'', later ''valtiopäivät''; Swedish language, Swedish ''Finlands Lantdagar''), was the Diet (assembly), legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 ...

in 1867.Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899
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1822 births 1868 deaths People from Kerimäki People from the Grand Duchy of Finland 19th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Members of the Diet of Finland University of Helsinki alumni {{Finland-politician-stub