Nina Sailo

{{short description|Finnish sculptor (1906–1998)}}

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Nina Sailo (née Stünkel; 26 July 1906 – 15 November 1998) was a sculptor from Finland.{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000003762224.html |title=Kuvanveistäjä Nina Sailo |last=Malmberg |first=Railu |date=1 December 1998 |website= |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2018 |language=fi}}

Nina Stünkel studied in Vyborg, Helsinki and London. In 1932 she became a private student of sculptor Alpo Sailo, whom she later married. They traveled together in Karelia, looking for oral poets and portraiting them.

Sailo's art is on permanent public display in parks and cemeteries in Tornio, Helsinki and Lappeenranta. Famous statues include a realistic bronze memorial of Tahko Pihkala{{cite web |url=https://www.hamhelsinki.fi/en/sculpture/tahko-pihkala-nina-sailo/ |title= Lauri Tahko Pihkala |website=HAM |publisher=Helsinki Art Museum |access-date=17 March 2018 |quote=}} and life-size statue commemorating Lotta Svärd, the Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women.{{cite web |url= http://www.visitlappeenranta.fi/en/Experience/Museums-and-art/Monuments |title= Lotta, Lotta Svärd Statue |website= Monuments |publisher=Lappeenranta City |access-date=17 March 2018 |quote=}}