Finnish politician (1880–1947)
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
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^ "Ilmoitus" . Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 7. Mikkeli, Finland. 19 January 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "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 .
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^ "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 .
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^ "Puoluetietoja" . Sosialidemokraatti (in Finnish). No. 25. Pori, Finland. 5 February 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "Työwäen pääneuwoston kokoonpano" . STyömies (in Finnish). No. 33. Helsinki, Finland. 4 February 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "Domstols- och polisnotiser" . Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). No. 177. Helsinki, Finland. 22 September 1918. p. 12. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
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^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Päivän uutiset" . Kansan Työ (in Finnish). No. 8. Viipuri, Finland. 11 January 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "Amnestimanifestet" . Dagens Press (in Swedish). No. 139. Helsinki, Finland. 21 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "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 .
^ "Mikkeli-Heinola ja ympäristö" . Vapaus (in Finnish). Mikkeli, Finland. 28 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Uusi eduskunta" . Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 185. Helsinki, Finland. 13 July 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland .
^ "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 .
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^ "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 .
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