Veikko Sinisalo

Finnish actor

Veikko Sinisalo
Veikko Sinisalo (left) in 1961.
Born	(1926-09-30)30 September 1926 Riihimäki, Finland
Died	16 December 2003(2003-12-16) (aged 77) Tampere, Finland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954-2002

Veikko Sinisalo (30 September 1926 – 16 December 2003) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in 24 films and television shows between 1954 and 2002. He starred in Sven Tuuva the Hero, which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

Veikko Sinisalo's father was the politician Väinö Sinisalo.^[1] He is the grandfather of the footballer Viljami Sinisalo.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	St. John's Wort and Tinkerbell
1954	Opri	Kylänpoika
1955	The Unknown Soldier	Lahtinen
1957	Black Love	Unto Eskola
1958	Murheenkryynin poika	Heikki Hemminki Aaltonen
1958	Sven Tuuva the Hero	Sven Tuuva
1967	Nutty Finland	Suohullu Pähkä
1968	About Seven Brothers	Takku
1968	Here, Beneath the North Star	Anttoo Laurila
1969	Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut	Poliisi
1969	North scraps	Suohullu Pähkä
1973	North Star		TV film
1973	Concrete Miller		TV film
2001	The Life of Aleksis Kivi	Eerikki Stenvall

References

^ Kalemaa, Kalevi (1986). Sinisalon Veikko: suomalainen näyttelijä [Veikko of Sinisalo: a Finnish Actor] (in Finnish). Porvoo; Helsinki: WSOY. pp. 11–23. ISBN 951-01397-2-6.
^ Virtanen, Ari (14 October 2023). "Tulevaisuudessa tarvitaan uusi Hradecky, ja paikkaa havittelee yksi Englannissa koulittu torjuja" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 February 2024.