Oiva Aukusti Paloheimo (2 September 1910 – 13 June 1973) was a Finnish author who wrote novels, short stories, poems and aphorisms.

[7] Paloheimo wrote his first play Kauppakirja at the age of nine and also began writing poems and short stories.

He spent the following years making his autobiographical novel Restless Childhood (Levoton lapsuus), which was published in 1942.

[9][10] From 1953, Paloheimo lived in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, first in a wooden house bequeathed by Larin-Kyösti to the Union of Finnish Writers in Veräjämäki and later in Mäkitorpantie 40 until his death.

Oiva Paloheimo was married three times: 1938–1945 with Maila Ahvenainen, 1945–1953 with Sirkka-Liisa Kahiluoto and 1956–1969 with Anna Sinikka Räty.