Olli Pajari (1 February 1860, in

Rautjärvi Rautjärvi () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in the South Karelia regions of Finland, region of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . More than half of ...

– 20 August 1923) was a Finnish schoolteacher 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 1907 to 1908, representing the

Finnish Party The Finnish Party () was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish langu ...

. Olli Pajari was the father of general

Aaro Pajari Aaro Olavi Pajari (17 July 1897 – 14 October 1949) was a Major General in the Finnish Army. During World War II, he became one of the four double recipients of the Mannerheim Cross 2nd Class. His greatest achievement was the Finnish victory ...

. General

Pajari Pajari is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the name include: * Aaro Pajari (1897–1949), Finnish military officer * Antti Pajari (b. 1932), Finnish speedway rider * Erkki Pajari (b. 1933), Finnish lawyer and diplomat * Matti Pajari (b. 1979), ...

's greatest military achievement was the Finnish victory against the Soviet Union at the

Battle of Tolvajärvi The Battle of Tolvajärvi ( tol.va.jær.vi , ) was fought on 12 December 1939 between Finland and the Soviet Union. It was the first large offensive victory for the Finns in the Winter War. The battle took place on the territory of so-called ...

in the

Winter War The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peac ...

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1860 births 1923 deaths People from Rautjärvi Politicians from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908) 19th-century Finnish educators 20th-century Finnish educators Finnish schoolteachers {{FinnishParty-politician-stub