Sylvi Inkeri Salonen (1 March 1920 – 23 December 2003) was a Finnish actress.^[1] Most of her career, 1949−1985, she worked for Tampereen Työväen Teatteri while also appearing on television and in films. The term "diva" was often attached to her name.^[2]

During her final years, Salonen arranged a statue of a black panther to be placed on her grave.^[3]

On television

• Heikki ja Kaija (1961−1971)
• Tankki täyteen (1978−1980)
• Nitroliiga (1993)
• Tuliportaat (1998)

In films

• Tavaratalo Lapatossu & Vinski (1940)
• SF-Paraati (1940)
• Opri (1954)
• Elokuu (1956)
• Kuuma kissa? (1968)
• Kun Hunttalan Matti Suomen osti (1984)
• The Big Freeze (1993)