Kaisa Hiilelä

Kaisa Hiilelä
Kaisa Hiilelä
	Kaisa Hiilelä in 1930
Member of the Finnish Parliament; for Häme North constituency
	In office; 21 October 1930 – 21 July 1958
Personal details
Born	23 October 1891; Lempäälä, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	4 April 1977 (aged 85); Tampere, Finland
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Finland

Amanda Katariina (Kaisa) Hiilelä (born Hildén, 23 October 1891 – 4 April 1977) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1930–1958 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland.^[1]

Life and career

Hiilelä worked as a maid until 1907 when she was employed by the Finlayson cotton mill in Tampere. She joined the Social Democratic Party in 1908. In 1916-1919 Hiilelä worked as a treasurer of the Tampere Workers' Society and 1920–1946 the treasurer and secretary of the Paperworkers' Union.^[1]

Hiilelä was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 1930. She was a member of the electoral college in the 1931, 1950 and 1956 presidential elections and a member of the Tampere City Council.^[1]

Family

Kaisa Hiilelä's sister was the politician Ida Vihuri. The Minister of Education Reino Oittinen was their nephew.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kaisa Hiilelä" (in Finnish). Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Ripatti, Viljo (1992). R. H. Oittinen: työväen sivistäjästä koulun uudistajaksi. Helsinki: Tammi. p. 8–11. ISBN 951-31003-4-0.

[PoF-1] "Kaisa Hiilelä" (in Finnish). Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[2] Ripatti, Viljo (1992). R. H. Oittinen: työväen sivistäjästä koulun uudistajaksi. Helsinki: Tammi. p. 8–11. ISBN 951-31003-4-0.

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