Editing Kyösti Kallio (section)

==Supplemental biography==
Kyösti Kallio was deeply religious - he came from a [[pietism|pietist]] family<ref name="kuusi"/> - and was an absolute teetotaller. In 1932 he took the repellation of [[prohibition in Finland]] that had been in force since 1919 as a personal defeat. When Kallio was visiting the [[parliament of Hungary]] in his role as speaker of the parliament of Finland, he caused a complete shock to his hosts by requesting [[milk]] to drink at the official banquet. When Kallio became president, the largest change in the presidential palace in Finland was the complete stop of serving [[alcoholic beverage]]s in all events. In addition, there was no dancing at any [[Independence Day Reception (Finland)|Indendence Day Reception]] during Kallio's time as president.<ref name="kataja">Kataja, Anna-Maija: ''Itsenäisen Suomen presidentit''. Jyväskylä: Gummerus, 1992. {{ISBN|951-20-4008-5}}.</ref>{{rp|116}} When appointing [[Kaarlo Hillilä]] as the governor of the [[Lapland (former province of Finland)|Lapland Province]] Kallio made him promise not to drink any alcohol.<ref>[[Johannes Virolainen|Virolainen, Johannes]]: ''Polun varrelta: merkintöjä ja muistikuvia ihmisistä ja tapahtumista'', p. 298. Helsinki: Otava, 1993.</ref> Kaisa Kallio's [[loom]] was taken into the presidential palace into the same room where [[Ellen Svinhufvud]]'s loom had been taken away from shortly before.<ref name="kataja"/>{{rp|121}}

When a condolence petition was being assembled in Nivala in 1904 in memory of the recently assassinated governor-general [[Nikolay Bobrikov]], Kallio snatched the paper from the hand of the petitioner, tore it into pieces in front of him and threw it into the fire.<ref name="kataja"/>{{rp|109}}

Kallio's religiousness and abstinence from alcohol gave him an image of a solemn and narrow-minded person. However, his close friends have described him as a social person who understood intelligent wordplay.<ref name="kataja"/>{{rp|116}} In appropriate company, Kallio indulged in good-natured humour. In his youth, Kallio's favourite sport was cross-country skiing, and he won numerous prizes in skiing competitions. In his older years, Kallio raised racehorses, and even in his years as a government minister he successfully took part in races. In addition to this, Kallio had time to attend theatre plays and concerts.<ref name="kuusi"/>