A. A. Kannisto
Finnish politician
Anders Anshelm Kannisto (6 March 1876 – 14 March 1930) was a Finnish trade unionist and politician who was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1911. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Mikkeli Province. A member of the Red Guard, he was taken prisoner by the White Guard at the start of the Finnish Civil War in 1918. After the war Kannisto was sentenced to eight years in prison for treason, but was released in 1921.
Early life
Kannisto was born on 6 March 1876 in Joroinen. He was the son of crofter Gustaf Johan Käck and Gustava Vilhelmina Brask. His father died when Kannisto was five years old and he was brought up by his mother. He was educated at folk school and folk high school. He worked as a gardener and a carpenter in Joroin and Sääminki until 1908. He was a janitor at the workers' association in Mikkeli from 1908 and then a manager.
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