Kalle Könkkölä

Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä (16 January 1950 – 11 September 2018[1]) was a Finnish politician and human rights activist.

[3] The family of six lived in Äänekoski for a few years due to his father's work, where Kalle began his schooling.

[3] Könkkölä graduated from high school in 1969 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Helsinki in 1974.

Könkkölä served as the Executive Director of Hengityslaitepotilaat ry from 1974 to 1997, as the editor-in-chief of Tiedotuskynnys magazine since 1975, and as the Secretary-General of the National Disability Council from 1998 to 2003.

[4] He was the executive director of the Threshold Association (Kynnys), a cross-disability organization which campaigns for the basic and human rights of persons with disabilities, including accessibility.