Väinö Sinisalo

Väinö Sinisalo
Väinö Sinisalo in 1936
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Häme South constituency
In office
1 September 1933 – 5 April 1945
Personal details
Born13 February 1892
Mäntsälä, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died27 March 1951(1951-03-27) (aged 59)
Riihimäki, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Finland

Väinö Viljam Sinisalo (13 February 1892 – 27 March 1951) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1933–1945 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Life and career

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Sinisalo was born to a poor farmworkers family. He started working at the age of 11 as a farmworker in the Kytäjä Mansion in Hyvinkää. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Sinisalo fought for the Red Guards. He was captured by the Whites and sentenced for 5 years in prison but pardoned in 1919. After the war, Sinisalo worked as a janitor at the local worker's hall in Herajoki, Riihimäki.[1] He was a member of the parliament 1933-1945 and a presidential elector in 1937, 1940 and 1943.[2]

Family

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Väinö Sinisalo is the father of the actor Veikko Sinisalo and the great-grandfather of the footballer Viljami Sinisalo.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kalemaa, Kalevi (1986). Sinisalon Veikko: suomalainen näyttelijä [Veikko of Sinisalo: a Finnish Actor] (in Finnish). Porvoo; Helsinki: WSOY. pp. 11–23. ISBN 951-01397-2-6.
  2. ^ "Väinö Sinisalo". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ Virtanen, Ari (14 October 2023). "Tulevaisuudessa tarvitaan uusi Hradecky, ja paikkaa havittelee yksi Englannissa koulittu torjuja" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 February 2024.