Niko Peltokangas

Secretary General

Administration, finances, stakeholder activities, international affairs

Niko works to ensure that folks at OLL have the resources and networks in order when they develop higher education sports and student well-being. At their job, Niko utilizes a journalist’s curiosity and their experience with organizations and politics.

In their spare time, Niko sits in the stands, reads, goes ice-swimming and jogging on paths in Helsinki or Raahe, which is the second home of the Oulu-born secretary general. Their latest hobby is studying theology and religious studies at the University of Helsinki.

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Page last updated 10.2.2023

Latest publications

Hae viestintäasiantuntijan sijaiseksi!

23.5.2023

Haemme nyt Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliittoon (OLL) osa-aikaista (80%) viestintäasiantuntijan sijaista määräaikaiseen työsuhteeseen perhe- ja työvapaiden ajaksi.

These are the means by which the new government wants to increase the physical activity of students

15.5.2023

We asked the party representatives before the election how they intend to improve students’ physical activity. Here are the responses.

International sports advocacy in the shadow of war

6.4.2023

Universiades, Russian ministers and university sports services – there is a lot going on in international student sports, both on playing fields and in meeting rooms. OLL’s Secretary General Niko Peltokangas writes about how the Federation is exerting influence in international umbrella organisations.

We will include students in the promotion of exercise

9.3.2023

The problems of students are hidden beneath the coping narrative, and the cause is their youth, writes Niko Peltokangas, Secretary General of OLL. During the parliamentary election, the Federation is campaigning to see students identified as a separate group in the legislation for exercise promotion.