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.
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[]
- ^ a b "Vihreiden entinen kansanedustaja ja vammaisten oikeuksien puolustaja Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut". Yle Uutiset.
- ^ "Interview with Kalle Könkkölä". Independent Living. November 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Physically Challenged Say Disability is Not Inability". The Korea Times. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Kynnys ry (Threshold association)".
- ^ "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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