In 1930, activists from the right-wing Lapua Movement kidnapped him and his wife, attempting to send them to the Soviet Union, but the incident merely hastened the Lapua Movement's demise.
1930年，右翼组织拉普阿运动（英语：Lapua Movement）的激进分子绑架了他和他的妻子，试图把他们送到苏联，但这一事件只是加速了拉普阿运动的灭亡。