Albert Kallio Explained

Albert Kallio
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Finland
Constituency1:Uusimaa
Term Start1:5 September 1922
Term End1:17 October 1923
Birth Name:Albert Viktor Paavonkallio
Birth Date:20 August 1884
Birth Place:Nurmijärvi, Russian Empire
Death Place:Espoo, Finland
Party:Socialist Workers' Party

Albert Viktor Kallio (20 August 188417 August 1945) was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Socialist Workers' Party, he represented Uusimaa between September 1922 and October 1923.[1]

Kallio was born on 20 August 1884 in Nurmijärvi and spent six years in the US as a youth.[1] He was an interpreter and master spinner at a weaving factory in Hyvinkää from 1904 to 1906.[1] He was a janitor at a workers' house in Hyvinkää (1906-1912) and a master spinner at a spinning and weaving factory in Viljamaa, Orimattila (1912-1918).[1] Kallio was imprisoned for political reasons following the end of the Finnish Civil War in 1918.[1] Following release from prison in 1920, he resumed working as a janitor at a workers' house in Hyvinkää, from 1920 to 1923.[1] He was a district insurance manager in Lahti and Pori for the Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company from 1929 to 19237.[1] He was a foreman at a felt factory in Kirvu (1937-1940) and a district insurance manager in Hyvinkää until 1945.[1] He was a member of the municipal councils in Hyvinkää and Lahti.[1] He died on 17 August 1945 in Espoo.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansanedustajat: Albert Kallio . . 11 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326161452/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910661.aspx . 26 March 2019 . Helsinki, Finland . fi.