Kerttu Saalasti

Kerttu Saalasti
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office 22 July 1948 – 19 February 1962 5 April 1966 – 22 March 1970
Constituency	Oulu
Finland Minister of Education
In office 20 October 1954 – 3 March 1956 27 May 1957 – 29 November 1957
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen V. J. Sukselainen
Personal details
Born	Kerttu Kallio (1907-09-21)21 September 1907 Nivala, Finland
Died	31 January 1995(1995-01-31) (aged 87) Nivala, Finland
Political party	Agrarian League
Spouse	Filip Teuvo Saalasti ​ ​ (m. 1936; died 1947)​
Children	7
Parent(s)	Kyösti Kallio (father) Kaisa Nivala (mother)
Alma mater	University 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.