According to some contemporaries, he was always conceived of as a fascist dictator of Finland. His descendant, Jaakko Kosola, continues the legacy of his family in municipal politics, proudly admiring his great-great-grandfather and the Lapua Movement. He is deputy commissioner and chairman of the Lapua Conservative Youth. Works Viimeistä Piirtoa Myöten, Lapua, 1935 (Memoirs) References European Right: A Historical Profile edited by Hans Rogger and Eugen Weber, the "Finland" chapter by Marvin Rintala and Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, A biography from Eteläpohjalaisia elämänkertoja, 1963 (Finnish) 1884 births 1936 deaths People from Ylihärmä People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Centre Party (Finland) politicians Finnish fascists Patriotic People's Movement (Finland) politicians People of the Finnish Civil War (White side) Deaths from pneumonia in Finland