Elina Kahla is a Finnish philologist and academic who works at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki.
Kahla matriculated in 1979 (Helsingin Suomalainen yhteiskoulu SYK); completed a Master of Arts at Helsinki University in 1985, Licentiate in 2001 and a doctorate in 2007.
She worked as a freelance travel guide, translator, interpreter and teacher.
From 1996 to 2012, Kahla worked for the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, and from 2009 as an associate professor at the UH with a focus on Russian cultural history.
[1] She was also a fellow (2012-2017) at the Center of Excellence in Russian Studies funded by the Academy of Finland.