# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-salovaara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:57:58.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-salovaara"
name: "Väinö Salovaara"
slug: "vaino-salovaara"
description: "Väinö Veikko Salovaara, until 1906 Sillfors, was a Finnish chief engineer and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works from 12 March 1937 to 2 September 1939 and as Minister of Transport and Public Works from 2 September 1939 to 17 November 1944. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1939 to 1945, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He was the chairman of the SDP from 1942 to 1944."
tagline: "Finnish chief engineer and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ministeri_V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Salovaara.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-02-26"
deathDate: "1964-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           31.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.601116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ڤاينو سالوڤارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Salovaara"
    title: "Väinö Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Salovaara"
    title: "Väinö Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Salovaara"
    title: "Väinö Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Salovaara"
    title: "Väinö Salovaara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11902104"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump