Eetu Salin


Johan Edvard Salin was a Finnish shoemaker, journalist and politician, born in Asikkala. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1909 to 1910 and again from 1917 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland. In 1918 he was imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War. He died in prison in Helsinki the next year. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.