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Antero Vartia

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Antero Vartia

Antero Vartia (born 22 August 1980 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician, entrepreneur and former actor representing the Green League. He was elected to the Parliament of Finland in the parliamentary election in 2015.[1] Previously he was a candidate in the 2014 European Parliament election.[2]

Vartia is known from the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät, in which he played Kuisma Savolainen. Later he co-hosted the Finnish version of the Dutch documentary series Spoorloos.[3] Vartia's mother is from Iceland, and thus Vartia has dual citizenship of Finland and Iceland.[4]

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  1. ^ "Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Ehdokkaiden äänet – Koko maa". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Uusi Kadonneen jäljillä -juontaja: Nyt en pääse roolin taa piiloon". Ilta-Sanomat. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on April 22, 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Antero Vartia". MTV3. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.