Elina Salo

{{Short description|Finnish actress (born 1936)}}

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| image = Elina Salo vuonna 1961.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Elina Salo in 1961, Moscow

| name = Elina Salo

| birth_name = Aino Elina Salo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|03|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sipoo, Finland

| death_date =

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| othername = Aino Elina MaisalaKuka kukin on 2003, pp. 885–886. Helsinki: Otava, 2002. {{ISBN|951-1-18086-X}}

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1956–present

| spouse = Pertti Maisala (1963–1975)

}}

Aino Elina Salo (born 9 March 1936 in Sipoo, Finland) is a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo has appeared in over 50 films and television shows and is known for her appearances in several Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She was also the voice of Little My in the Finnish dub of Moomin.

Salo has received three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).[https://archive.today/20140528125206/http://www.ambafrance-fi.org/spip.php?page=mobile_art&art=2273 "Elina Salo faite commandeur des Arts et Lettres"] {{in lang|fr}} Retrieved 28 May 2014.

File:Elina-Salo-1958.jpg at a fashion show in the Helsinki Botanical Garden in 1958]]

Salo lives mainly in France.{{cite web |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/nayttelija-elina-salo-oulun-pojille-lahtevat-kortit/678120/ |title=Näyttelijä Elina Salo: "Oulun pojille lähtevät kortit" |last1=Kilponen |first1=Anna |date=11 October 2014 |website=Kaleva |language=fi |access-date=26 March 2019}}