Karl (Kalle) Aleksander Suosalo (9 February 1869, in

Messukylä Messukylä ( sv, Messukylä, also ) is a former municipality of Finland which was annexed by the city of Tampere in 1947. The medieval stone church (built c. 1540) in Messukylä is the oldest building in Tampere. During the Civil War (1918), Mess ...

- 2 March 1918, in Jakobstad; original surname ''Johansson'') was a Finnish baker and politician. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

from 1916 to 1917, representing the

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(SDP). When the

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broke out on 27 January 1918, Suosalo was living in Jakobstad, where the White side established control in the first days of the war. Suosalo had not taken part in any actual hostilities, but he was arrested on 15 February as a supporter of the Red side. He was sentenced to death in a

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and shot in Jakobstad on 2 March 1918 together with six other men, accused of having taken part in an alleged plot to blow up the Jakobstad Artillery School. Kalle Suosalo was the father of MP Vilho Suosalo and the great grandfather of actor Martti Suosalo.Suosalo, Kalle Aleksander
Suomen sotasurmat 1914 – 1922. Retrieved 21 October 2014.Kolsi, Eeva-Kaarina

Ilta-Sanomat. 11.11.2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suosalo, Kalle 1869 births 1918 deaths Politicians from Tampere People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–17) People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) People executed by Finland by firing squad