| Hiski Salomaa | |
| Birth Name: | Hiskias Möttö |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Kangasniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | singer, songwriter, tailor, restaurateur |
| Spouse: | Aini Saari |
Hiski Salomaa (born Hiskias Möttö; May 17, 1891 – July 7, 1957) was a Finnish-American singer and songwriter.
Referred to as the Finnish Woody Guthrie,[1] Salomaa's songs portrayed the immigrant experience of working-class Finns.[2]
Between 1927 and 1931 Salomaa recorded eighteen sides for Columbia Records.[3]
Since the 1970s, Hiski Salomaa's recordings have been reissued in both analog and digital formats.[4] [5] [6] In 1992 his song "Värssyjä sieltä ja täältä" (Verses from Here and There) was published in Mel Bay’s Immigrant Songbook, an American songbook with lyrics in both Finnish and English.[7]
