Johan Edvard (Eetu) Salin (18 March 1866 – 6 April 1919) was a Finnish shoemaker, journalist and politician, born in

Asikkala Asikkala () is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Vääksy, at the shores of the Lake Päijänne. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. Asikkala's neighboring municipalities are H� ...

. He was a member of the

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from 1909 to 1910 and again from 1917 to 1918, representing the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

(SDP). In 1918 he was imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper '' Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil ...

. He died in prison in

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the next year. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salin, Eetu 1866 births 1919 deaths People from Asikkala People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–10) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–19) People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Prisoners who died in Finnish detention Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery