What is Kalle Könkkölä?
[[File:Kalle Könkkölä.jpg|thumb|Könkkölä in July 2015]] '''Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä''' (16 January 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] politician and [[human rights]] [[activist]]. He was a member of the [[Green League]] party. He was a member of [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] from 1983 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independentliving.org/kalle_konkkola200811|title=Interview with Kalle Könkkölä|date=November 2008|publisher=Independent Living|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref> He was the second Green politician to become an MP, even before the Green League was a [[political party]]. He was also the first [[chairperson]] of the Green League and the first Finnish MP with a [[disability]]. Könkkölä was born in [[Helsinki]]. He was [[Physical disability|physically disabled]] from birth. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/kalle-konkkola-ar-dod/|title=Kalle Könkkölä är död|work=Hufvudstadsbladet|date=11 September 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|language=sv}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Konkkola, Kalle}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Human rights activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Helsinki]] [[Category:People with disabilities]] [[Category:Disability activists]] {{Bio-stub}}