Editing Kyösti Kallio (section)

===Resignation and death===
[[File:Hugo Sundström - Kallio with Mannerheim.jpg|thumb|right|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.]]
Kallio left a notice of resignation on 27 November 1940. He was planning to leave the capital and retire to his farm at [[Nivala]] after the farewell ceremonies on the evening of 19 December 1940; but he collapsed and died that night at the [[Helsinki Central Railway Station]] in the arms of his adjutant before a guard of honour while a band played the patriotic Finnish march [[Porilaisten marssi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/kyosti-kallio-kuolee-presidentiksi-risto-ryti|title=Kyösti Kallio kuolee, presidentiksi Risto Ryti|first=Reijo|last=Perälä|work=Elävä arkisto|publisher=[[Yle]]|date=September 8, 2006|access-date=December 27, 2021|language=fi}}</ref><ref>Aladár Paasonen (1974). Marsalkan tiedustelupäällikkönä ja hallituksen asiamiehenä (Marshall's chief of intelligence and Government's official. In Finnish). Weilin, Göös, Helsinki</ref><ref name="biografia">{{cite web| url= http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=629 | title= Kallio, Kyösti (1873 - 1940) President of Finland | author= Kari Hokkanen | publisher=Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura | access-date= 2013-01-10}}</ref> One story tells that Kallio died in the arms of [[Gustaf Mannerheim|Marshal Mannerheim]],<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003934934.html HS: Presidentti Kyösti Kallion salonkivaunu jäi Helsingin rautatieasemalle] (in Finnish)</ref> but this is most likely part of the construction of Mannerheim's personal cult. In reality, Kallio died in the arms of his adjutant [[Aladár Paasonen]]<ref>Turtola, Martti: ''Mannerheimin ristiriitainen upseeri: eversti Aladár Paasosen elämä ja toiminta'', [[Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö|WSOY]] 2012, p. 130. {{ISBN|978-951-0-36944-9}}</ref> and colonel [[A. F. Airo]]{{cn|date=July 2024}}.