Olavi Saarinen (18 October 1923, in Dragsfjärd – 30 November 1979) was a Finnish trade union activist and politician. He was at first a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and, after 1959, of the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders. He served as a Minister of Social affairs and Health (13 April 1962 - 17 October 1963) and as a Member of Parliament (5 April 1966–22 March 1970).

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