Career
Räisänen was in prison for political reasons from 1941 to 1944.
Räisänen was in prison for political reasons from 1941 to 1944.
After he was freed, he joined the Suomen Kansen Demokrattinen Liitto (Finnish People's Democratic League) and the Socialist Unity Party (SYP), a member organisation of the Suomen Kansen Demokrattinen Liitto (Finnish People's Democratic League).
He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1930 to 1941 and again from 1944 until his death in 1948, representing first the Social Democratic Party of Finland (Social Democratic Party) and later the Finnish People"s Democratic League (Suomen Kansen Demokrattinen Liitto (Finnish People's Democratic League)).