Kalle Juhonpoika Hakala (18 March 1880 – 16 May 1947) was a Finnish newspaper editor, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he represented Mikkeli Province between October 1934 and May 1947.[1] He had previously represented Mikkeli Province from February 1911 to May 1918 and from May 1924 to August 1933.[1] He was imprisoned for a year following the end of the Finnish Civil War.
In early May 1918 the Whites published a list of leaders of the "Red Rebellion" (the failed Finnish Revolution) which included 37 SDP MPs:[11][12] Hakala was included on the list due to his membership of the Central Workers' Council.[11][12] On 14 May 1918 White prosecutor Immi Savonius announded that 56 SDP MPs, including Hakala, would be charged with treason and ordered their arrest.[13][14]
On 12 October 1918 the 28th Department of the State Criminal Court (Valtiorikosoikeus) handed down sentences to 40 SDP MPs for treason and high treason.[15][16] Hakala was found guilty of assisting treason and high treason and sentenced to eight years imprisonment and lost his civic rights for ten years.[17][18][19] In January 1919 the Appellate Court of the State Criminal Court confirmed the sentence handed down against Hakala by the 28th Department.[20][21]
Hakala was a presidential elector at the 1931, 1937, 1940 and 1943 presidential elections.[1] He was a member of Mikkeli City Council.[1] Following the defeat of Finland by the Allies in the Continuation War, Hakala was one of the twelve parliament appointed tribunal judges of the war crimes trials of the war-time political leaders of Finland.[35][36] Eleven out of the fifteen members of the tribunal, including Hakala, voted to convict the defendants in February 1946.[37][38]
Hakala died on 16 May 1947 in Mikkeli after a long illness.[39][40]
^"Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 7. Mikkeli, Finland. 19 January 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
^"Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 103. Mikkeli, Finland. 17 October 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
^"Ilmoitus". Mikkelin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 120. Mikkeli, Finland. 14 October 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via National Library of Finland.
