Eero Erkko

Eero Erkko (18 May 1860, Orimattila - 14 October 1927) was a Finnish journalist and politician.

[1] He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1894 to 1900 and again from 1905 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1919, representing the Young Finnish Party until 1918 and the National Progressive Party from 1918 to 1919.

[2] From 1890 to 1899, he also edited the newspaper, which often had to suspend publication due to political censorship by the Russian authorities.

In 1904, censorship led to the paper being closed permanently.

Erkko was also the editor of Helsingin Sanomat (from 1908 to 1918 and again from 1920 until his death in 1927).