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.
Väinö Sinisalo | |
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 Väinö Sinisalo in 1936 | |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Häme South constituency | |
| In office 1 September 1933 – 5 April 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1892 Mäntsälä, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Died | 27 March 1951 (aged 59) Riihimäki, Finland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Finland |
Life and career edit
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 edit
Väinö Sinisalo is the father of the actor Veikko Sinisalo and the great-grandfather of the footballer Viljami Sinisalo.[1][3]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Väinö Sinisalo". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Virtanen, Ari (14 October 2023). "Tulevaisuudessa tarvitaan uusi Hradecky, ja paikkaa havittelee yksi Englannissa koulittu torjuja" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 February 2024.