Antero Vartia Explained

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]

References

  1. Web site: Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri . Ministry of Justice . 22 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143010/http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/fi/val01.html . 27 April 2015 .
  2. Web site: Ehdokkaiden äänet – Koko maa . Ministry of Justice. 22 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Uusi Kadonneen jäljillä -juontaja: Nyt en pääse roolin taa piiloon . https://archive.today/20150422185401/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/art-1288453149072.html . dead . April 22, 2015 . Ilta-Sanomat . 7 March 2012. 22 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Antero Vartia . MTV3 . 6 June 2013 . 22 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326030038/http://www.mtv.fi/viihde/ohjelmat/kadonneen-jaljilla/juontajat/artikkeli/antero-vartia/2942046 . 26 March 2014 . dead .