Katri Kaarlonen

{{Short description|Finnish politician (1915–2008)}}

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| office1 = Member of the Finnish Parliament

| term_start1 = 1966

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| birth_name = Katri Inkeri Kallio

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| death_place = Perniö, Finland

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Katri Kaarlonen ({{nee}} Kallio; 28 March 1915 – 1 October 2008) was a Finnish politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Turku Province (south) constituency (now Varsinais-Suomi), representing the Centre Party.{{cite web |title=Katri Kaarlonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910052.aspx |website=Eduskunta.fi |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}}

She was a member of the electoral college in the 1962 and 1968 presidential elections, helping to re-elect her party's candidate, Urho Kekkonen.

Outside politics, Kaarlonen worked as a teacher of gardening, as well as running the family farm in Perniö. In 1985, she was granted the honorary title of Opetusneuvos ({{literally}} 'Teaching counselor').

Her father was the 4th President of Finland, Kyösti Kallio.{{cite web |title=Kallio, Kyösti (1873-1940) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/629 |website=Kansallisbiografia.fi |publisher=National Biography of Finland |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}} Her older sister Kerttu Saalasti was also a long-serving Member of Parliament, and one-time Minister of Education.{{cite news |title=Opetusneuvos Kerttu Saalasti: Entinen opetusministeri ja Kyösti Kallion tytär |url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000003404038.html |access-date=4 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=1 February 1995 |language=fi}}