Johan (Juho) Rikkonen (11 December 1874 – May 1918) was a Finnish bricklayer and politician. He 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 ...

from 1916 to 1918, representing the

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(SDP). He was born in Jääski. In 1918, 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 sided with the

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. He was taken prisoner by White troops and shot in Viipuri in May 1918.

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