10 Facts About Tellervo Koivisto

Taimi Tellervo Koivisto is a Finnish politician and the former First Lady of Finland from 1982 to 1994.

Tellervo Koivisto was born to a farmer's family in the Western Finnish municipality Punkalaidun, in the Satakunta region.

Tellervo Koivisto entered the Turku School of Economics, and met her future husband in Turku in December 1950.

Tellervo Koivisto was married to Mauno Koivisto on 22 June 1952.

In 1953, Tellervo Koivisto graduated from the Turku School of Economics and worked as a teacher since 1954.

Tellervo Koivisto became a member of the Finnish parliament in the 1972 election, but withdrew from parliament after one season and ran for the City Council of Helsinki in 1976.

On her 90th birthday, Tellervo Koivisto told about the mistreatment she had experienced during her school years.

Tellervo Koivisto was abused by the local priest who was her religion teacher.

Tellervo Koivisto was spanked on her bare buttocks, and the priest made questions of her periods.

On 25 December 2020, Tellervo Koivisto was hospitalized after falling at her home which resulted in her breaking her hip.