Lassi Hiekkala (23 November 1888 in

Kuopion maalaiskunta Kuopion maalaiskunta was a municipality in eastern Finland in Kuopio Province. The municipality was disbanded in early 1969. Most of the area of Kuopion maalaiskunta was connected to the city of Kuopio, but two villages of Kuopion maalaiskunta, K ...

– 5 October 1951; name until 1907 Lauri Hoffrén) was a Finnish journalist and politician. He began his political career in the Agrarian League. He was later elected to the

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, where he represented the National Progressive Party from 1945 to 1951 and the

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in 1951.Lassi Hiekkala
at

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1888 births 1951 deaths People from Kuopio People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Centre Party (Finland) politicians National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians People's Party of Finland (1951) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1945–1948) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–1951) Finnish people of World War II {{Finland-politician-stub