Antero Vartia (born 22 August 1980 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

) is a Finnish politician, entrepreneur and former actor representing the

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. He was elected to the

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in the

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in 2015. Previously he was a candidate in the

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. Vartia is known from the Finnish soap opera ''

Salatut elämät ''Salatut elämät'' ("Secret Lives", literally "Concealed Lives") is a Finnish television soap opera that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment b ...

'', in which he played Kuisma Savolainen. Later he co-hosted the Finnish version of the Dutch documentary series ''Spoorloos''. Vartia's mother is from

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, and thus Vartia has dual citizenship of Finland and Iceland.

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1980 births Living people Politicians from Helsinki Finnish people of Icelandic descent Green League politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019) Finnish male television actors Male actors from Helsinki 21st-century Finnish male actors {{Finland-actor-stub