Marja-Sisko Aalto

Marja-Sisko Aalto (born 29 July 1954) is a Finnish writer of detective fiction and former minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010, Aalto became notable as Finland's first openly transgender minister. In 2009, the Finnish Women's Association named Aalto . Since her resignation as vicar, she has pursued a career as a writer.

Early life and education Aalto was born on 29 July 1954 in Lappeenranta as the seventh of eight children and was assigned male at birth. She entered the faculty of theology at the University of Helsinki in 1973.

Clerical career Aalto was the vicar of the Imatra parish from 1986 to 2010. She was preoccupied with the issue of gender from the age of three.

Aalto's coming out as a trans woman caused a great controversy in the Church. The bishop of Mikkeli, Voitto Huotari, commented that there is no juridical obstacle for Aalto continuing as a vicar, but predicted that there would be problems. In November 2009, Aalto returned to the job of vicar after spending a year on leave. In March 2010, she requested to be allowed to resign, due in part to the discrimination she faced.

She was elected the notary of diocese for Kuopio by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 2010. Her second novel, Deadly Snow was published on National Veterans' Day (Finland) on 27 April 2015. The work is dedicated to the veterans of the Lapland War and continues the story of the protagonist of the previous book.

Personal life Aalto has been married twice, and has three children.

Works Annette Savolainen series

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