Editing Paavo Ruotsalainen (section)

{{short description|Finnish lay preacher}}
{{Infobox person
|name          = Paavo Ruotsalainen
|image         = Paavo Ruotsalainen.jpg
|image_size    = 200px
|caption       = Paavo Ruotsalainen depicted in the book ''Suomen historia'' (3rd edition, 1926)
|birth_name    = Påhl Henrik Ruotsalainen
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1777|7|9|df=y}} 
|birth_place   = Tölvänniemi, [[Lapinlahti]], [[Finland]]
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1852|1|27|1777|7|9|df=y}}
|death_place   = [[Nilsiä]] (now part of [[Kuopio]]), [[Finland]]
|occupation    = Farmer, lay preacher, leader of revivalist [[Awakening (Finnish religious movement)|Awakening]] religious movement
}}

'''Paavo Heikki Ruotsalainen''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈpɑːʋo ˈhei̯kːi ˈruo̯tsɑlɑi̯nen}}; born '''Påhl Henrik'''; 9 July 1777 – 27 January 1852) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] farmer and [[lay preacher]] who became the leader of the revivalist [[Awakening (Finnish religious movement)|Awakening]] religious movement in Finland.