Minja Koskela
Minja Koskela (born 1987) is a Finnish musician, author, politician, member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature, and chair of the Left Alliance.[1][4] Koskela was a music teacher for five years before taking a leave of absence to write her dissertation, Democracy Through Pop?[4][5] Koskela started writing her social feminist blog Bluestocking in 2015 and is the author of Ennen kaikkea feministi (2019) and Äidiksi tuleminen (2021).[3][5][6] Koskela was asked by several parties to contest parliamentary elections but declined in order to finish her book.[3] She was a political expert for the Left Alliance before becoming executive director of the Association of Finnish Music Education Schools in 2021.