{{Short description|Finnish lawyer and politician (1945–2023)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kai Kalima | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Kai-Erik Klaus Kalima | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1945|10|06}} | birth_place = Helsinki, Finland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|01|13|1945|10|06}} | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | other_names = | occupation = Professor of law | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | education = University of Helsinki | party = SDP | office = Member of the Parliament of Finland | term_start = 15 December 1989 | term_end = 21 March 1991 | predecessor = Reino Paasilinna }}

'''Kai-Erik Klaus Kalima''' (6 October 1945 – 13 January 2023) was a Finnish law professor and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Parliament of Finland from 1989 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/345.aspx|title=Kai Kalima|work=Parliament of Finland|language=Finnish}}</ref>

Kalima served as a professor of municipal law at Tampere University and financial law at Helsinki University.

Kalima died on 13 January 2023, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kai-Erik Kalima 1945–2023 |url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000009329200.html |access-date=13 February 2023 |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |date=28 January 2023}}</ref>

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