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
Väinö Sinisalo in 1936
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Häme South constituency
In office
1 September 1933 – 5 April 1945
Personal details
Born13 February 1892
Mäntsälä, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died27 March 1951(1951-03-27) (aged 59)
Riihimäki, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Finland

Life and career

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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

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Väinö Sinisalo is the father of the actor Veikko Sinisalo and the great-grandfather of the footballer Viljami Sinisalo.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Väinö Sinisalo". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ Virtanen, Ari (14 October 2023). "Tulevaisuudessa tarvitaan uusi Hradecky, ja paikkaa havittelee yksi Englannissa koulittu torjuja" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 February 2024.