She befriended the Finnish writer Hella Wuolijoki and was a regular visitor to her estate Marleback in Southern Finland, which was a meeting place for leftist intellectuals and politicians.
He married Vappu Illike Tuomioja (née Wuolijoki), daughter of Estonian-born writer Hella Wuolijoki.
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