Tellervo Koivisto

Koivisto was born to a farmer's family in the Western Finnish municipality Punkalaidun, in the Satakunta region. After finishing the primary school, Koivisto went to a high school in Huittinen, where she graduated in 1949. Koivisto entered the Turku School of Economics, and met her future husband in Turku in December 1950. She was married to Mauno Koivisto on 22 June 1952. On 25 December 2020, Koivisto was hospitalized after falling at her home which resulted in her breaking her hip. == Gallery ==

File:Mauno ja Tellervo Koivisto, kuvaaja, paikka ja ajankohta tuntematon (34671672766).jpg|Tellervo Koivisto and Mauno Koivisto in 1950s File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0930-046, Dresden, Koivisto-Besuch, Wolfgang Berghofer-2.jpg|Tellervo Koivisto with Mauno Koivisto, the president of Finland in Dresden, German Democratic Republic (30 September 1987) File:Tellervo-Koivisto-and-Eeva-Ahtisaari-2000.jpg|Tellervo Koivisto and Eeva Ahtisaari in 2000 File:Presidentti Mauno Koiviston muistomerkin paljastustilaisuus 25.11.2023 - 26.jpg|Tellervo Koivisto and Petteri Orpo in 2023 == Honours ==

National honour • Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland • Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Lamb Foreign honours • : First Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana • : Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav • : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry • : Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star == Literary works ==

• Elämän siivellä: Päiväkirjan lehtiä, Helsinki; Kirjayhtymä, 1970. • Päiväkirjan uudet sivut, Helsinki; Otava, 1999. ==References==