Axel Leonard Åhlström (12 February 1891 – 26 October 1934; assumed name from 1918 to 1922 ''Leonard Johanson'') was a Finnish schoolteacher, journalist and politician, born 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 ...

. He was a member of the

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from 1929 until his death in 1934, 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). He was a presidential elector in the 1931 Finnish presidential election. In 1918, Åhlström was imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the

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 ...

. He was able to flee from the prison camp where he was being held and lived until 1922 under the assumed identity of ''Leonard Johanson''. He eventually assumed his real identity.

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1891 births 1934 deaths Journalists from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Swedish-speaking Finns Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1927–1929) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1929–1930) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–1933) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1933–1936) Finnish schoolteachers Finnish journalists People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub