Kalle Könkkölä

Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä (16 January 1950 – 11 September 2018[1]) was a Finnish politician and human rights activist. He was one of the two first Green members of the Finnish Parliament,[2] from 1983 to 1987, even before the Green League became a political party. He was the first chairperson of the Green League and the first Finnish MP with a disability.

Kalle Könkkölä

Könkkölä was born in Helsinki, and was physically disabled from birth. He was the executive director of the Threshold Association, a cross-disability organization which campaigns for the basic and human rights of persons with disabilities, including accessibility.[3][4] He was married to architect Maija Könkkölä from 1976 until her death in 2012.

Könkkölä died of pneumonia on 11 September 2018, at the age of 68.[1][5]

Publications
  • Huoneekseni tuli maailma, with Heini Saraste, 1996, WSOY
  • Vammaiset, Suomi, Maailma, 1991

References
  1. "Vihreiden entinen kansanedustaja ja vammaisten oikeuksien puolustaja Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut". Yle Uutiset.
  2. "Interview with Kalle Könkkölä". Independent Living. November 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. "Physically Challenged Say Disability is Not Inability". The Korea Times. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. "Kynnys ry (Threshold association)".
  5. "Kalle Könkkölä är död". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.


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