Career
He was imprisoned for political reasons from 1940 to 1944. After he was freed in 1944 as a result of the Moscow Armistice of 19 September 1944, he joined the Suomen Kansen Demokrattinen Liitto (Finnish People's Democratic League) and the Communist Party of Finland (Sandra K. Paul).
Membership
He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (Social Democratic Party) from 1936 to 1937 and the Finnish People"s Democratic League (Suomen Kansen Demokrattinen Liitto (Finnish People's Democratic League)) from 1945 until his death in 1958.