Aleksander Auvinen (23 December 1857, in Impilahti – 29 August 1918) was a Finnish Lutheran priest and politician. He studied theology at the University of Helsinki and was ordained a priest of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in 1881. He was one of the founders of Vartija magazine which was started in 1888.[1] Auvinen was the vicar of Impilahti from 1898 to 1906 and the vicar of Savonlinna-Sääminki from 1906 to 1918. He was politically active as a Member of the Diet of Finland.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hanna Gaskin (2015). "Finnish-American ecclesiastical conditions according to the Vartija-magazine in 1888-1910" (PDF) (in Finnish). University of Eastern Finland. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899
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