Nivala is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 10,454
(31 December 2023) and covers an area of 536.88 square kilometres (207.29 sq mi) of
which 8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
is water. The population density is
19.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nivala
Kyösti Kallio was a Finnish politician who served as the fourth president of Finland from 1937 to 1940. His presidency included leading the country through the Winter War; while he relinquished the post of commander-in-chief to Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, he played a role as a spiritual leader. After the war, he became both the first President of Finland to resign and the only one to die in office, dying of a heart attack while returning home after submitting his resignation.
Kallio in 1937
Kallio (centre, at the front) together with Mannerheim (left of Kallio) at the Helsinki railway station on December 19, 1940. Kallio had a fatal heart attack a few seconds after this photograph was taken by Hugo Sundström.
President Kyösti Kallio playing tennis at Kultaranta
Kallio and Juho Niukkanen in 1920s.
