Irma Helena Karvikko (29 September 1909, in

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

– 16 September 1994; surname until 1933 ''Blomqvist'') was a Finnish journalist and politician. She was Deputy Minister for Social Affairs from 17 November 1953 to 4 May 1954 and Minister for Social Affairs from 27 May to 1 September 1957. She was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...

, representing the National Progressive Party from 1948 to 1951, the

People's Party of Finland Liberal People's Party (from 2001 ''Liberals''; ) was a Conservative liberalism, conservative-Liberalism and centrism in Finland, liberal List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the P ...

from 1951 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1965 and the Liberal People's Party from 1965 to 1970.

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