Saara Margareta Elisabet Forsius (27 March 1902 – 5 August 1988; née ''Törnström'', surname fennicized in 1906 to ''Hiidenheimo'') was a Finnish agronomist, farmer, bank director and politician, born in

Vihti Vihti (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Vihti is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Vihti is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Fin ...

. She began her political career in the

Patriotic People's Movement Patriotic People's Movement (, IKL, ) was a Finnish nationalist and anti-communist political party. IKL was the successor of the previously banned Lapua Movement. It existed from 1932 to 1944 and had an ideology similar to its predecessor, exce ...

(IKL). 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 ...

from 1954 to 1970, representing the

National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

. She was a presidential elector in the

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

and

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

presidential elections. Saara Forsius was the daughter of

Artturi Hiidenheimo Arthur (Artturi) Fredrik Hiidenheimo (23 May 1877, Vihti – 14 January 1956; surname until 1906 ''Törnström'') was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 to 1927, representing the National Coali ...

, the granddaughter of Kaarle Ojanen, the niece of Pentti Hiidenheimo and the grandmother of

Merikukka Forsius Merikukka Forsius (born August 12, 1972, in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the centre-right National Coalition Party (Kokoomus). She was first elected to parliament in 1999 from the Finn ...

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