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Albert Kallio

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Albert Kallio
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
5 September 1922 – 17 October 1923
ConstituencyUusimaa
Personal details
Born
Albert Viktor Paavonkallio

(1884-08-20)20 August 1884
Nurmijärvi, Russian Empire
Died17 August 1945(1945-08-17) (aged 60)
Espoo, Finland
Political partySocialist Workers' Party

Albert Viktor Kallio (20 August 1884 – 17 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kansanedustajat: Albert Kallio" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.