Abraham (Aapo) Harjula (18 December 1880, in

Laukaa Laukaa (; ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...

– 7 September 1961) was a Finnish cooperative inspector and politician. He was a member of the

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from 1917 to 1918, representing the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland ( , SDP, nicknamed: ''demarit'' in Finnish; , SD) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third-largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats. Founded in 1899 as ...

(SDP). During the 1918

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

Harjula was a member of the

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. After the war he was in prison until 1921.

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1880 births 1961 deaths People from Laukaa Politicians from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–1919) Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub