Kyösti Juhani Karjula (born May 8, 1952 in Oulu) is a politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament from Lumijoki, representing the Centre Party. He was first elected to parliament in 1995 and remained until 2011.^[1]

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Karjula has an agricultural agent's education from the University of Helsinki. His military rank is Senior Lieutenant. Karjula is a member of the conservative Lutheran revival movement Laestadianism. He and his wife Eila Marjatta Ylielsilä have 18 children, thirteen sons and five daughters.