Kalle Kustaa Pykälä
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Karl Gustaf (Kalle Kustaa, K. K.) Pykälä (9 December 1864 – 2 October 1915) was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in
Nastola Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016. In the province of Southern Finland, Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality had a population of (30 June 2015) and cover ...
. He was a member of the
Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...
from 1907 until his death in 1915, representing the Agrarian League. He was murdered on 2 October 1915 as revenge for having witnessed in court against a man who had committed perjury. Kalle Kustaa Pykälä was the father of Bertta Leppälä and the father-in-law of
Juhani Leppälä Johan (Juhani) Fredrik Leppälä (10 May 1880 – 15 December 1976; surname until 1906 ''Lindeqvist'') was a Finnish schoolteacher, farmer and politician. Born in Nummi, he was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of F ...
, who both were elected Members of Parliament for the Agrarian League.


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