Väinö Sinisalo

Väinö Viljam Sinisalo (13 February 1892 – 27 March 1951) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1933–1945 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Life and career
Sinisalo was born to a poor farmworkers family. He started working at the age of 11 as a farmworker in the Kytäjä Mansion in Hyvinkää. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Sinisalo fought for the Red Guards. He was captured by the Whites and sentenced for 5 years in prison but pardoned in 1919. After the war, Sinisalo worked as a janitor at the local worker's hall in Herajoki, Riihimäki. He was a member of the parliament 1933-1945 and a presidential elector in 1937, 1940 and 1943.

Family
Väinö Sinisalo is the father of the actor Veikko Sinisalo and the great-grandfather of the footballer Viljami Sinisalo.