Kalle Hakala
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
22 October 1934 – 16 May 1947
Preceded byOskari Salonen
Succeeded byAntti Tossavainen
ConstituencyMikkeli Province
In office
1 May 1924 – 31 August 1933
ConstituencyMikkeli Province
In office
1 February 1911 – 16 May 1918
Succeeded byElli Laurila
ConstituencyMikkeli Province
Personal details
Born
Karl Juhonpoika Hakala

(1880-03-18)18 March 1880
Lempäälä, Russian Empire
Died16 May 1947(1947-05-16) (aged 67)
Mikkeli, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Finland
OccupationNewspaper editor

Kalle Juhonpoika Hakala (18 March 1880 – 16 May 1947) was a Finnish newspaper editor, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he represented Mikkeli Province between October 1934 and May 1947.[1] He had previously represented Mikkeli Province from February 1911 to May 1918 and from May 1924 to August 1933.[1] He was imprisoned for a year following the end of the Finnish Civil War.

Early life

Hakala was born on 18 March 1880 in Lempäälä in the south-west of the Grand Duchy of Finland.[1] He was the son of farmworker Juha Hakala and Wilhelmina Myllymäki.[1] He was a machinist (1897-1907) and editor of the Vapaus newspaper in Mikkeli (1907-1918).[1]

Politics, civil war and imprisonment

Hakala was elected to the Parliament of Finland at the 1911 parliamentary election.[2][3] He was re-elected at the 1913, 1916 and 1917 parliamentary elections.[4][5][6]

Following the Finnish Revolution, Hakala was elected to the Central Workers' Council of Finland, the legislature of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (the Reds), in February 1918.[7][8] He was secretary of the revolutionary government's agriculture department.[9][10]

In early May 1918 the Whites published a list of leaders of the "Red Rebellion" (the failed Finnish Revolution) which included 37 SDP MPs:[11][12] Hakala was included on the list due to his membership of the Central Workers' Council.[11][12] On 14 May 1918 White prosecutor Immi Savonius announded that 56 SDP MPs, including Hakala, would be charged with treason and ordered their arrest.[13][14]

On 12 October 1918 the 28th Department of the State Criminal Court (Valtiorikosoikeus) handed down sentences to 40 SDP MPs for treason and high treason.[15][16] Hakala was found guilty of assisting treason and high treason and sentenced to eight years imprisonment and lost his civic rights for ten years.[17][18][19] In January 1919 the Appellate Court of the State Criminal Court confirmed the sentence handed down against Hakala by the 28th Department.[20][21]

Hakala was amongst twelve SDP MPs who were pardoned by Regent Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim on 19 June 1919 as they did not take an active part in the rebellion.[22][23] He was released from Sörnäinen Prison on Midsummer Eve 1919.[24]

Return to politics

Hakala was literary editor of the Työväe co-operative in Mikkeli from 1921 to 1925.[1] He was editor-in-chief of Vapaus from 1933 to 1947.[1] He was re-elected to the Parliament of Finland at the 1924 parliamentary election.[25][26] He was re-elected at the 1927, 1929 and 1930 parliamentary elections.[27][28][29] He was not re-elected at the 1933 parliamentary election but in October 1934 replaced Oskari Salonen in Parliament.[30][31] He was re-elected at the 1936, 1939 and 1945 parliamentary elections.[32][33][34]

Hakala was a presidential elector at the 1931, 1937, 1940 and 1943 presidential elections.[1] He was a member of Mikkeli City Council.[1] Following the defeat of Finland by the Allies in the Continuation War, Hakala was one of the twelve parliament appointed tribunal judges of the war crimes trials of the war-time political leaders of Finland.[35][36] Eleven out of the fifteen members of the tribunal, including Hakala, voted to convict the defendants in February 1946.[37][38]

Hakala died on 16 May 1947 in Mikkeli after a long illness.[39][40]

Personal life

Hakala was married to Alma Maria Purhonen from 1911 to 1927 and to Aliina Partti from 1928.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Kansanedustajat: Kalle Hakala" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 7. Mikkeli, Finland. 19 January 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  3. ↑ "Edustajat: helmik. 1 p:nä kokoontuwassa eduskunnassa". Suomen Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 6. Helsinki, Finland. 17 January 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  4. ↑ "Ilmoitus". Heinolan Lehti (in Finnish). No. 65. Heinola, Finland. 19 August 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  5. ↑ "Waalien tulos Mkkelin laanissa". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 74. Mikkeli, Finland. 11 July 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  6. ↑ "Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 103. Mikkeli, Finland. 17 October 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  7. ↑ "Puoluetietoja". Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 25. Pori, Finland. 5 February 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  8. ↑ "Työwäen pääneuwoston kokoonpano". STyömies (in Finnish). No. 33. Helsinki, Finland. 4 February 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  9. ↑ "Domstols- och polisnotiser". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 177. Helsinki, Finland. 22 September 1918. p. 12. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  10. ↑ "Sosialististen kansanedus tajain waltiopetosjutut". Länsi-Savo (in Swedish). No. 100. Mikkeli, Finland. 25 September 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  11. 1 2 "Uppreret och den socialdemokratiska landtdagsgruppen". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 40. Helsinki, Finland. 5 May 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  12. 1 2 "Kapinallisia kansan edustajia". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 4014. Turku, Finland. 7 May 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  13. ↑ Toiset Valtiopäivät 1917: Pöytäkirjat II - Istunnot 49-101 -Toukokuun 15 päivästä 1918 Valtiopäivien loppuun (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. 1918. pp. 139–140. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Kapinaan osalliset eduskunnan jäsenet". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 57. Turku, Finland. 17 May 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  15. ↑ "Kapinallisten kansanedustajain tuomiot". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 4170. Turku, Finland. 13 October 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  16. ↑ "Kapinallisten kansanedustajain tuomiot". Pohjolan Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 121. Kemi, Finland. 15 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  17. ↑ "Tuomiot julistettu sos.-dem. kansanedustajain jutuissa". Suomen Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 24. Helsinki, Finland. 12 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  18. ↑ "Sos.-dem. kansanedustajain tuomiot". Suomen Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 25. Helsinki, Finland. 14 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  19. ↑ "De socialistiska lantdagsmännen dömda". Dagens Press (in Swedish). No. 166. Helsinki, Finland. 14 October 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  20. ↑ "Wangittujen sos.-dem. kansanedustajain tuomiot". Suomen Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 8. Helsinki, Finland. 11 January 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  21. ↑ "Päivän uutiset". Kansan Työ (in Finnish). No. 8. Viipuri, Finland. 11 January 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  22. ↑ "Amnestimanifestet". Dagens Press (in Swedish). No. 139. Helsinki, Finland. 21 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  23. ↑ "Virallinen osasto: Valtionhoitajan päätös". Virallinen lehti (in Finnish). No. 140. Helsinki, Finland. 21 June 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  24. ↑ "Mikkeli-Heinola ja ympäristö". Vapaus (in Finnish). Mikkeli, Finland. 28 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  25. ↑ "Det justerade resultatet för St Michels läns valkrets". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 100. Helsinki, Finland. 10 April 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  26. ↑ "Wanlien tulos Mikkelin läänin waalipiiristä". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 43. Mikkeli, Finland. 11 April 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  27. ↑ "Uusi eduskunta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 185. Helsinki, Finland. 13 July 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  28. ↑ "Mikkelin läänin vaalipiirissä jäivät puolueitten voimasuhteet ennalleen". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 80. Mikkeli, Finland. 9 July 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  29. ↑ "Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 120. Mikkeli, Finland. 14 October 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  30. ↑ "Lyhyt istunto eduskunnalla eilen". Aamulehti (in Finnish). No. 286. Tampere, Finland. 23 October 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  31. ↑ "Eduskunta palasi syyslomaltaan eilen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 286. Helsinki, Finland. 23 October 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  32. ↑ "Uuden eduskunnan kokoonpano". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 155. Hämeenlinna, Finland. 10 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  33. ↑ "Tulos selvä Mikkelin I. vaalipiirissä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 179. Helsinki, Finland. 8 July 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  34. ↑ "Nya riksdagsmän". Nya Pressen (in Swedish). No. 69. Helsinki, Finland. 23 March 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  35. ↑ "Elva domare avlade eden". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 305. Helsinki, Finland. 11 November 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  36. ↑ "Krigsansvarighetsdomstolen har konstituerat sig". Arbetarbladet (in Swedish). No. 305. Helsinki, Finland. 9 November 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  37. ↑ "11 röstade för fällande dom". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 53. Helsinki, Finland. 24 February 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  38. ↑ "Domarna i Krissonsuarisiietsprocessen nvKunnnöes pg torsdagen". Hangö (in Swedish). No. 23. Hanko, Finland. 23 February 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland.
  39. ↑ "Riksdagsman Kalle Hakala död". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 131. Helsinki, Finland. 18 May 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
  40. ↑ "Dödsfall". Jakobstads Tidning (in Swedish). No. 111. Jakobstad, Finland. 17 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
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