Hugo Salmela

Hugo Salmela
Born	(1884-06-13)13 June 1884 Parikkala, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	28 March 1918(1918-03-28) (aged 33) Tampere, Finland
Allegiance	Red Finland
Service/branch	Red Guards
Years of service	1917–1918
Rank	Commander-in-Chief
Battles/wars	Finnish Civil War

Hugo Salmela (13 June 1884 – 28 March 1918) was one of the Red Guard military leaders in the 1918 Finnish Civil War. He was a saw-mill worker from the town of Kotka in Eastern Finland, without any military background.^[1] Salmela was also known as an enthusiastic amateur actor in the local worker's theatre. After the Red Guards were formed in the late 1917, Salmela became the leader of the Kymi Guard.