Kerttu Saalasti

Kerttu Saalasti
Photograph of Kerttu Saalasti
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
22 July 1948 – 19 February 1962
5 April 1966 – 22 March 1970
ConstituencyOulu
Finland Minister of Education
In office
20 October 1954 – 3 March 1956
27 May 1957 – 29 November 1957
Prime Minister
Personal details
Born
Kerttu Kallio

(1907-09-21)21 September 1907
Nivala, Finland
Died31 January 1995(1995-01-31) (aged 87)
Nivala, Finland
Political partyAgrarian League
Spouse
Filip Teuvo Saalasti
(m. 1936; died 1947)
Children7
Parent(s)Kyösti Kallio (father)
Kaisa Nivala (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki

Kerttu Saalasti (née Kallio; 21 September 1907 – 31 January 1995) was a Finnish politician who was the Finland Minister of Education from 1954 to 1956 and from May 1957 to November 1957. She was the first female Minister of Education in Finland, and introduced the legislation that established the University of Oulu. A member of the Agrarian League, Saalasti also represented Oulu in the Parliament of Finland from 1948 to 1962 and from 1966 to 1970.