Salonen is a Finnish surname of Virtanen type. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anton Salonen, child with Russian-Finnish dual citizenship involved in a child custody dispute, see Anton Salonen incident
• Brian Salonen (born 1961), American football tight end
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor and composer
• Juha Salonen (born 1961), Finnish judoka
• Kristiina Salonen (born 1977), Finnish politician
• Neil Albert Salonen (born 1946), president of the University of Bridgeport
• Olavi Salonen (1933–2025), Finnish athlete
• Pauli Salonen (1916–2009), Finnish Nordic combined skier
• Reima Salonen (born 1955), race walker from Finland
• Satu Salonen (born 1973), Finnish cross country skier
• Timo Salonen (born 1951), Finnish former rally driver, 1985 world champion for Peugeot
• Toivo Salonen (1933–2019), speed skater from Finland

See also

• All pages with titles containing Salonen
• Salomies, Salonen till 1934

Surname list

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