Tyyne Leivo-Larsson

Tyyne Lilja Leivo-Larsson (née Leivo; 3 March 1902 Uusikirkko – 1 August 1977 Helsinki) was a Finnish Ambassador and MP.

During this time she was chairwoman of the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders Parliamentary Group.

[2] Tyyne Leivo participated with the Red Guard at the age of 16 in the civil war in the Battle of Tampere.

Poet Kössi Kaatra describes her as a young, ready-to-fight youth who also dared drive the wounded.

[4] In the Parliament, Leivo-Larsson was a member of the Committee on Banking, Labor and Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs.