Gustaf Arokallio [SEP] date of birth
Gustaf Arokallio
Gustaf Arokallio (10 June 1854, Sotkamo - 11 December 1939: surname until 1906 "Petterson") was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician. He was a member of the Diet of Finland in 1894 and from 1904 to 1905 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1909 and from 1910 to 1919. He represented the Young Finnish Party until 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1919.
Elsa Arokallio
Elsa Arokallio (18 August 1892, Kurkijoki – 3 October 1982, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect. She was born in 1892 to Gustaf Arokallio and Elisabeth Parviainen. She graduated in 1910 and obtained her degree in architecture in 1919 from Helsinki University of Technology. She created an architecture firm with her husband, Erkki Väänänen. After four years of marriage he died, and Arokallio ran the firm herself. She also worked for the Ministry of Defence and helped design the barracks in Kauhava which were completed in 1933