Eino Kuvaja

Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja
Born	(1906-06-17)17 June 1906 Kuopio, Finland
Died	11 December 1975(1975-12-11) (aged 69)
Allegiance	Finland
Service/branch	Finnish Army
Rank	Major
Awards	Mannerheim Cross (4 July 1944)

Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja (17 June 1906 – 11 December 1975) was a Finnish Major and skier.

Kuvaja was born in Kuopio. He was the leader of the national Olympic military patrol teams in 1928 and in 1936 which reached second places.

• Combat Unit Kiiskinen’s reconnaissance mission on Karelian Isthmus on December 15, 1943