Office: | President of the Nordic Council |
Term Start: | 1 January 1957 |
Term End: | 31 December 1957 |
Predecessor: | Erik Eriksen |
Successor: | Nils Hønsvald |
Office2: | Minister of Education |
Term Start2: | 17 March 1950 |
Term End2: | 20 September 1951 |
Primeminister2: | Urho Kekkonen |
Predecessor2: | Reino Oittinen |
Successor2: | Reino Oittinen |
Term Start3: | 26 May 1948 |
Term End3: | 29 July 1948 |
Primeminister3: | Mauno Pekkala |
Predecessor3: | Eino Kilpi |
Successor3: | Reino Oittinen |
Office4: | Minister of Social Affairs |
Term Start4: | 26 March 1946 |
Term End4: | 26 May 1948 |
Primeminister4: | Mauno Pekkala |
Predecessor4: | Matti Janhunen |
Successor4: | Onni Peltonen |
Office5: | Member of the Finnish Parliament |
Term Start5: | 1 September 1939 |
Term End5: | 21 July 1958 |
Constituency5: | Kuopio County |
Birth Name: | Lennart Albert Heljas |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1896 |
Birth Place: | Vyborg, Russia |
Death Place: | Kuopio, Finland |
Party: | Centre |
Lennart Albert Heljas (13 May 1896 – 9 March 1972) was a Finnish politician of the Centre Party, cabinet minister and Lutheran priest. He served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1939 to 1958, and was vice president of the parliament in 1946, 1954–1956 and in 1957. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1946 to 1948 and as Minister of Education in 1948 and from 1950 to 1951. He served as President of the Nordic Council in 1957.[1]